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http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c0 Summary: a lot of colored dots appears on the screen Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.3 Version: Factory Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.3 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: X.Org AssignedTo: bnc-team-xorg-bugs@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: thiago.sayao@gmail.com QAContact: xorg-maintainer-bugs@forge.provo.novell.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100513 SUSE/3.6.4-1.11 Firefox/3.6.4 When booting opensuse 11.3 when X starts a lot of colored dots appears on the screen. The mouse cursor appears as a square of colored dots (i took a photo, it's attached). It appears to be a issue of the radeonhd driver - i tried to install the radeon driver which worked fine for me, but it's not on the repositories. My card is an ATI RADEON HD2600 PRO. When installing, the screen content appeared, but it weirdly only used part of my screen. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 611472] a lot of colored dots appears on the screen

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c1 --- Comment #1 from Thiago Sayao 2010-06-03 19:33:55 UTC --- Created an attachment (id=366857) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=366857) Photo of the monitor showing the problem -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 611472] a lot of colored dots appears on the screen

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c2 --- Comment #2 from Thiago Sayao 2010-06-03 20:08:08 UTC --- I have removed the radeonhd driver and the problem persists with the ATI driver. Must be something else. On the xorg log it seems dri2 is segfaulting (or something else, i am not sure). Xorg log attached. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 611472] a lot of colored dots appears on the screen

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c3 --- Comment #3 from Thiago Sayao 2010-06-03 20:08:59 UTC --- Created an attachment (id=366863) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=366863) Xorg log -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 611472] a lot of colored dots appears on the screen

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c4 --- Comment #4 from Thiago Sayao 2010-06-03 20:09:53 UTC --- by ATI driver i meant "radeon", not fglrx or radeonhd. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 611472] a lot of colored dots appears on the screen

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c5 --- Comment #5 from Thiago Sayao 2010-06-03 20:11:13 UTC --- sayao@linux-g7ie:~$ /sbin/lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82946GZ/PL/GL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82946GZ/PL/GL PCI Express Root Port (rev 02) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 01) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 01) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA IDE Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 01) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV630 [Radeon HD 2600 Series] 01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV630/M76 audio device [Radeon HD 2600 Series] 05:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation PRO/100 VE Network Connection (rev 01) -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c6 --- Comment #6 from Thiago Sayao 2010-06-03 20:12:59 UTC --- Created an attachment (id=366865) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=366865) dmesg -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 611472] a lot of colored dots appears on the screen

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment #366863|application/x-trash |text/plain mime type| | -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 611472] radeon [RV630/HD 2600] Distorted screen

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22:48

New subject: [Bug 611472] radeon [RV630/HD 2600] Distorted screen

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c7 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO InfoProvider| |thiago.sayao@gmail.com --- Comment #7 from Stefan Dirsch 2010-06-03 22:48:01 UTC --- Could you try with kernel option 'nomodeset' ==> KMS disabled ==> radeonhd driver. Then with the same option with xorg-x11-driver-video-radeonhd uninstalled ==> radeon without KMS. Does any of these drivers work. Please attach /var/log/Xorg.0.log for both drivers. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 611472] radeon [RV630/HD 2600] Distorted screen

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c8 --- Comment #8 from Thiago Sayao 2010-06-03 23:05:56 UTC --- Radeon driver, "nomodeset" works. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 611472] radeon [RV630/HD 2600] Distorted screen

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c9 --- Comment #9 from Thiago Sayao 2010-06-03 23:06:49 UTC --- Created an attachment (id=366901) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=366901) xorg log radeon driver - nomodeset -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 611472] radeon [RV630/HD 2600] Distorted screen

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c10 --- Comment #10 from Thiago Sayao 2010-06-03 23:11:38 UTC --- radeonhd driver, "nomodeset" works too. But this driver should not be the default one for this card (HD2600) because 3D does not work and video and scrolling are slow. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 611472] radeon [RV630/HD 2600] Distorted screen

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c11 --- Comment #11 from Thiago Sayao 2010-06-03 23:12:29 UTC --- Created an attachment (id=366904) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=366904) xorg log radeonhd driver - nomodeset -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 611472] radeon [RV630/HD 2600] Distorted screen

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http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment #366904|text/x-log |text/plain mime type| | -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 611472] radeon [RV630/HD 2600] Distorted screen

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c12 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED InfoProvider|thiago.sayao@gmail.com | Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #12 from Stefan Dirsch 2010-06-03 23:31:35 UTC --- Ok. So we have a fix. 'nomodeset' is also mentioned in Release Notes. This again confirms that nobody is reading them. :-( -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 611472] radeon [RV630/HD 2600] Distorted screen

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c13 --- Comment #13 from Thiago Sayao 2010-06-04 00:43:07 UTC --- This is not a fix, you are disabling a feature that was supposed to work. It's like i opened a bug about evolution crashing and you saying: uninstall evolution. KMS works perfectly on ubuntu 10.04, even with an updated kernel (2.6.34), so you guys probably screwed up something. I need KMS for my HDMI sound to work, otherwise opensuse is useless to me. BTW: I am an user, i am not supposed to read realease notes. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c14 Thiago Sayao changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|FIXED | --- Comment #14 from Thiago Sayao 2010-06-04 00:43:55 UTC --- Reopening (read the previous comment) -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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New subject: [Bug 611472] radeon [RV630/HD 2600] Distorted screen

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c15 --- Comment #15 from Thiago Sayao 2010-06-04 01:03:21 UTC --- For some weird reason it works now. I have reinstalled the kernel package before, maybe this affected something? It's working perfectly now with KMS enabled and the radeon driver. But since it did not work after the installation, something is not right. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c16 --- Comment #16 from Thiago Sayao 2010-06-04 01:04:13 UTC --- Created an attachment (id=366911) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=366911) dmesg showing kms enabled -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c17 --- Comment #17 from Thiago Sayao 2010-06-04 01:09:17 UTC --- <agd5f> sayao: IIRC opensuse doesn't include the drm modules in the initrd so you have to make sure they load before you start X maybe i changed something accidentally and it started working? Module loading order maybe? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c18 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED Resolution| |WORKSFORME --- Comment #18 from Stefan Dirsch 2010-06-04 01:12:24 UTC --- (In reply to comment #13)

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BTW: I am an user, i am not supposed to read realease notes.

?!? So you are not interested in known issues/how to handle them and changes in general? That doesn't sound really clever to me. Apparently the issue no longer reproducable. Also reinstalling the kernel at some random time is not really supported. When we do a kernel update as official update (YaST Online update) we always warn the user to reboot the system as soon as possible. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c19 --- Comment #19 from Stefan Dirsch 2010-06-04 01:16:34 UTC --- (In reply to comment #17)

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<agd5f> sayao: IIRC opensuse doesn't include the drm modules in the initrd so you have to make sure they load before you start X

Alex Deucher is talking about the LiveCD here, not a regular installation. We do add the appropriate DRM modules to the initrd unless you disable that via /etc/sysconfig/kernel:NO_KMS_IN_INITRD. This is also mentioned in our release notes. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c20 --- Comment #20 from Stefan Dirsch 2010-06-04 01:18:24 UTC --- The LiveCD situation is discussed in Bug #609607. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=611472#c21 --- Comment #21 from Thiago Sayao 2010-06-04 01:39:45 UTC --- (In reply to comment #18)

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?!? So you are not interested in known issues/how to handle them and changes in general? That doesn't sound really clever to me.

I am interested because I am an "advanced user", but most users don't even know what release notes are. The point is: things should work out of the box - linux/opensuse should work for anyone, experienced or not. But as I am using a "beta" version i also take your point. Sorry.

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Apparently the issue no longer reproducable. Also reinstalling the kernel at some random time is not really supported. When we do a kernel update as official update (YaST Online update) we always warn the user to reboot the system as soon as possible.

I can reproduce it very easily. For the sake of fixing it, i would even reinstall it if you want any extra information. As i showed on the picture i took, most users would give up opensuse if on the first boot they are presented with that screen (with colored dots). I have reinstalled the same kernel (provided officially by opensuse), why it is not supported? sayao@linux-g7ie:~$ uname -a Linux linux-g7ie 2.6.34-8-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2010-05-17 17:30:24 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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