Re: fglrx problem

[Stephen_Isard]

On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 09:23:56 +0200, Karel Lang AFD  wrote:

>Hi,
>i don't know why you were doing the kernel/vga driver update, but if
>there wasn't a particular bug you were fixing, i would downgrade the
>kernel/driver/X server back to previous, working versions..
>

Yes, I have dropped back to elrepo's version 14.12-1 and X is working again.  
I'd prefer to stay current, as long as my card is still supported by the 
proprietary driver, but that doesn't seem to be a choice here.

Stephen Isard

Re: fglrx problem

[Karel Lang AFD]

Hi,
i don't know why you were doing the kernel/vga driver update, but if 
there wasn't a particular bug you were fixing, i would downgrade the 
kernel/driver/X server back to previous, working versions..


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On 03/31/2016 08:18 PM, Stephen Isard wrote:

I have a Dell Optiplex 980 with a Radeon HD 6450 card which was working
fine with the elrepo fglrx-x11-drv and kmod-fglrx packages until I
recently upgraded to kernel 2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.x86_64 and fglrx
versions 15.12-1.  Now when I move a window on the screen, the content
isn't erased from the old location, leaving a trail of ghosts behind.
This happens with more than one window manager (fvwm, icewm, fluxbox),
so I think its an X problem, rather than a window manager bug.

The guys at elrepo were very responsive, but they didn't have the
problem on their own machines, and it's not really their software - it
is closed source from ATI - and they have run out of guesses for what to
try.  I have tried installing ATI's own rpm and that behaves the same
way.  I've filed a bug on the unofficial ATI bugzilla, but don't have
great hopes there.  I'm wondering whether anyone here has ever seen
symptoms like these.  Using the radeon driver gets me a mostly usable
system, but there is some stuff that says it won't work without glx.

Stephen Isard

Re: fglrx problem

[Clint Bowman]

Stephen, et al,

I'm not certain whether the cause of similar behavior is the same but the 
symptoms are very similar--especially the " when I move a window on the 
screen, the content isn't erased from the old location, leaving a trail of 
ghosts behind".  In my case the ghosts do get erased after several 
seconds.


My setup is also quite different.  I'm using X2go from a Dell Optiplex 
9010 running Windows 7 to reach SL7 running on an HP DL360 in the 
basement.  Initially, response was snappy and I had no problems loading up 
gobs of Firefox windows.  Then, about two weeks ago--seems like 
years--response became less than acceptable.  In my case response seems to 
get worse as the time since reboot on the Dell increases and a reboot 
provides temporary improvement.


Unfortunately, I've been sufficiently busy I haven't had time to chase 
down the cause of the changed behavior.


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On Thu, 31 Mar 2016, Stephen Isard wrote:

I have a Dell Optiplex 980 with a Radeon HD 6450 card which was working fine 
with the elrepo fglrx-x11-drv and kmod-fglrx packages until I recently 
upgraded to kernel 2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.x86_64 and fglrx versions 15.12-1. 
Now when I move a window on the screen, the content isn't erased from the old 
location, leaving a trail of ghosts behind.
This happens with more than one window manager (fvwm, icewm, fluxbox), so I 
think its an X problem, rather than a window manager bug.


The guys at elrepo were very responsive, but they didn't have the problem on 
their own machines, and it's not really their software - it is closed source 
from ATI - and they have run out of guesses for what to try.  I have tried 
installing ATI's own rpm and that behaves the same way.  I've filed a bug on 
the unofficial ATI bugzilla, but don't have great hopes there.  I'm wondering 
whether anyone here has ever seen symptoms like these.  Using the radeon 
driver gets me a mostly usable system, but there is some stuff that says it 
won't work without glx.


Stephen Isard

Re: fglrx problem

[Ken Teh]

I have not had this problem but the last two Radeon-fglrx installations have 
been problematic.   Most times reboots would result in X failing and the system 
dropping to runlevel 3.  When it succeeded, windows would ghost when dragged 
across the desktop.

I have decided to give up on radeon/fglrx.  I fixed one of them with an nvidia 
710 and I just ordered another one to fix the other.


On 03/31/2016 01:18 PM, Stephen Isard wrote:

I have a Dell Optiplex 980 with a Radeon HD 6450 card which was working fine 
with the elrepo fglrx-x11-drv and kmod-fglrx packages until I recently upgraded 
to kernel 2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.x86_64 and fglrx versions 15.12-1.  Now when I 
move a window on the screen, the content isn't erased from the old location, 
leaving a trail of ghosts behind.
This happens with more than one window manager (fvwm, icewm, fluxbox), so I 
think its an X problem, rather than a window manager bug.

The guys at elrepo were very responsive, but they didn't have the problem on 
their own machines, and it's not really their software - it is closed source 
from ATI - and they have run out of guesses for what to try.  I have tried 
installing ATI's own rpm and that behaves the same way.  I've filed a bug on 
the unofficial ATI bugzilla, but don't have great hopes there.  I'm wondering 
whether anyone here has ever seen symptoms like these.  Using the radeon driver 
gets me a mostly usable system, but there is some stuff that says it won't work 
without glx.

Stephen Isard

fglrx problem

[Stephen Isard]

I have a Dell Optiplex 980 with a Radeon HD 6450 card which was working 
fine with the elrepo fglrx-x11-drv and kmod-fglrx packages until I 
recently upgraded to kernel 2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.x86_64 and fglrx 
versions 15.12-1.  Now when I move a window on the screen, the content 
isn't erased from the old location, leaving a trail of ghosts behind.
This happens with more than one window manager (fvwm, icewm, fluxbox), 
so I think its an X problem, rather than a window manager bug.


The guys at elrepo were very responsive, but they didn't have the 
problem on their own machines, and it's not really their software - it 
is closed source from ATI - and they have run out of guesses for what to 
try.  I have tried installing ATI's own rpm and that behaves the same 
way.  I've filed a bug on the unofficial ATI bugzilla, but don't have 
great hopes there.  I'm wondering whether anyone here has ever seen 
symptoms like these.  Using the radeon driver gets me a mostly usable 
system, but there is some stuff that says it won't work without glx.


Stephen Isard