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ubuntu 10.04 + ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 64M graphic suddenly corrupted (starts fine) . How to fix?

Asked by Alex - Microsmeta

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HARDWARE:
Notebook Acer Aspire 1356 LMI (2004)
Athlon XP Mobile 2800+
1,25 GB (expanded)
ATI RADEON MOBILITY 9200 64M

Ubuntu Lucid Lynx starts normally with 3D acceleration / Desktop Effects (Compiz) activated. After a while (10 -> 30 MINS ) the desktop is full of big lines of random pixels . Restarting single applications do not solve, and soon Ubuntu becomes unstable and crashes. I can only close & restart the session as quick as possible as a workaround.

It happens with both latest GNOME / LXDE desktop environments

XORG VERSION: 16 June 2010 09:31:32AM
GCC VERSION: 4.4.3 (i486-linux-gnu)
GNOME 2.30.2 (Ubuntu 2010-06-25)
KERNEL 2.6.32-23-generic (#37-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 11 07:54:58 UTC 2010)

I SUSPECT SOME BUGS ON MESA DRIVERS... NB WAS WORKING WELL USING UBUNTU 9.10

GLX version: 1.2
OpenGL version string: 1.3 Mesa 7.7.1
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI R200 (RV280 5C61) 20090101 x86/MMX+/3DNow!+/SSE TCL DRI2

NO HARDWARE PROBLEMS USING WINDOWS XP

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Try setting a different resolution and / or refresh rate. See if it helps.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

You may need an xorg.conf file to set certain options:
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Radeon

Has a few snippets of code you could use.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

1) First try to disable desktop effect from menu Sistema→Preferenze→Aspetto [Effetti visivi] imposta nessuno

2) Then boot the pc using a live install cd perform a complete RAM memory test.

3) Then if your ram is ok try to use the live cd to check if it doesn't show this issue.

Try also to:

- check the pc fan and pc temperature in italy there is very hot in this days... ;-)

Then here an howto https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver

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Alex - Microsmeta (microsmeta) said : 		#4

@marcobra @actionparnship Thanks, I cross my fingers but the issue seems solved, PC running for 2 hours without a single graphic corruption. I DON'T KNOW exactly how I fixed it, but this is what I have done.

1.returned to GNOME from LXDE (now my notebook is faster!)
2.Tried to disable "Desktop Effects" impossible: ..."Cannot disable son-process (processo figlio) metacity " ??
3.Then I tried "advanced" (effetti aggiuntivi) and they work fine, too!
4.Edited /etcX11/xorg.conf (the file was empty) and just added:

Section "Device"
        Identifier "My AMD/ATI Video Card"
        Driver "radeon"
        Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"

        # AccelDFS is enabled by default on PCI-E cards, but not on AGP cards.
        Option "AccelDFS" "True"
EndSection

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Alex - Microsmeta (microsmeta) said : 		#5

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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Alex - Microsmeta (microsmeta) said : 		#6

@marcobra @actionparsnip SOLVED, but only installing the CPU PowerNowd Daemon!
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Sorry to all, the problem was not fixed. After 2 more hours, graphic was corrupted again, adding the suggested code to xorg.conf!

Maybe it is a CPU issue due to the TEMPERATURE, as said by MarcoBra..

Now, since 8 hours, I have installed POWERNOWD from "Ubuntu Software Center" and I haven't got a single hang or graphic corruption, trying to reproduce it by an heavy CPU charge.

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Alex - Microsmeta (microsmeta) said : 		#7

Sorry again, bug still happens to me occasionally, sometimes even after 5 min power-up, so it is not TEMPERATURE related. There is a lot of users waiting an answer regarding MESA drivers, please fix it before UBUNTU 10.10

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#8

Could try Maverick to see if it resolves your issue.

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Alex - Microsmeta (microsmeta) said : 		#9

@actionparsnip Yes, I will do it on September, when Maverick beta will be released. Then I will report here the result, if solved on my hardware.

Thank you!

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