[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 426582] Re: (32MB) certain windows drawn garbled when XAA is used

2010-01-22 Thread Brad Krause
According to ATI, the Radeon 7200 I list previously comes with 64MB onboard RAM. Even if it did not, I used a lower resolution and 16-bpp depth instead of full resolution and 24-bpp. http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon7200/index.html -- (32MB) certain windows drawn garbled when XAA is used https

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 426582] Re: (32MB) certain windows drawn garbled when XAA is used

2010-01-19 Thread Brad Krause
To find the amount of video memory (note VGA is in upper case): lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R100 QD [Radeon 7200] Use the device number to get the card information: lspci -v -s 01:00.0 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Ra

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 426582] Re: (32MB) certain windows drawn garbled when XAA is used

2010-01-17 Thread Brad Krause
FOUND WORK-AROUND: (This is not a proper solution, just a work- around that works well.) Install package: notification-daemon 0.4.0-1ubuntu3 (gets rid of garbage in notification balloons) optional: libnotify-bin (notify-osd library containing command-line 'notify-send') Fixes: Garbage displ

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 426582] Re: (32MB) certain windows drawn garbled when XAA is used

2010-01-14 Thread Brad Krause
Addition to above: All updates were applied before testing. New trial solution: Just tried enabling compositing in Xubuntu 9.10 -- entire screen filled with garbage. Disabled. -- (32MB) certain windows drawn garbled when XAA is used https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/426582 You received this bug n

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 426582] Re: (32MB) certain windows drawn garbled when XAA is used

2010-01-14 Thread Brad Krause
Changed to 16bpp on 64MB ATI card, less than max. resolution, and problem still exists. I opened a terminal and ran 'xwininfo', which reported 'Depth: 24', so we know the color depth was set to 24 bpp. I also ran 'lspci' which reported I am not running in the highest resolution, so there should be

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 426582] Re: (32MB) certain windows drawn garbled when XAA is used

2010-01-13 Thread Brad Krause
Changing the color depth from 24-bit to 16-bit would be great EXCEPT I have Xubuntu 9.10 running and there is no xorg.conf file, as XRandR manages everything. There is no option in the display menu and I cannot find documentation on how to change the color depth in a terminal window. How do I chang