System settings > Desktop > Enable desktop effects causes fglrx to cycle

dave selby dave6502 at googlemail.com
Thu May 7 07:01:19 UTC 2009


Still having the same problem, in addition around one in every 5-10
KDE starts, when the KDE startup screen has finished the screen goes
totally blank and even ctrl-alt-f1 does zip, I suspect this is the
display driver as well.

Extra info ...

vanda at vanda-system:~$ sudo lshw | grep display -nA 10
96:           *-display
97-                description: VGA compatible controller
98-                product: RV635 PRO AGP [Radeon HD 3650]
99-                vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
100-                physical id: 0
101-                bus info: pci at 0000:01:00.0
102-                version: 00
103-                width: 32 bits
104-                clock: 66MHz
105-                capabilities: pm agp agp-3.0 bus_master cap_list
106-                configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=255
mingnt=8 module=fglrx
vanda at vanda-system:~$

Any ideas anyone ?

Cheers

Dave


2009/5/4 dave selby <dave6502 at googlemail.com>:
> I have a problem that is driving me slightly crazy ...
>
> I have a Asus ATI Radeon HD 3650 dual head on my wifes machine running
> the fglrx driver. It works OK, if a little hesitant.
> glx gears gives 4900 fps, 'world of goo' runs smoothly ...
>
> The problem comes when I enable ...
> System settings > Desktop > Enable desktop effects.
>
> When I do the screen freezes, goes black, flashes parts of the desktop
> and cycles like this for approx 30 seconds then returns
> with 'Enable desktop effects' unticked.
>
> Looking at /var/log/Xorg.o.log I get continuous repeating of
>
> (II) fglrx(0): EDID vendor "SAM", prod id 997
> (II) fglrx(0): Using EDID range info for horizontal sync
> (II) fglrx(0): Using EDID range info for vertical refresh
> (II) fglrx(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
> (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0  119.00  1680 1728 1760 1840
> 1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync (64.7 kHz)
> (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600
> 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
> (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600
> 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz)
> (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 656 720 840  480
> 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
> (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 664 704 832  480
> 489 492 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz)
> (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   30.24  640 704 768 864  480
> 483 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz)
> (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   25.18  640 656 752 800  480
> 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz)
> (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "720x400"x0.0   28.32  720 738 846 900  400
> 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz)
> (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  135.00  1280 1296 1440 1688
> 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz)
> (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   78.75  1024 1040 1136 1312
> 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
> (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   75.00  1024 1048 1184 1328
> 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz)
> (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344
> 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz)
> (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "832x624"x0.0   57.28  832 864 928 1152  624
> 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
> (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   49.50  800 816 896 1056  600
> 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz)
> (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   50.00  800 856 976 1040  600
> 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz)
> (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0  108.00  1152 1216 1344 1600
> 864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
> (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0  119.00  1680 1728 1760 1840
> 1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync (64.7 kHz)
> (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  108.00  1280 1328 1440 1688
> 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz)
> (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x960"x0.0  108.00  1280 1376 1488 1800
> 960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
> (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0  108.00  1152 1216 1344 1600
> 864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
>
> Which looks to me like the driver is repeatedly probing the display to
> see what resolution it can manage.
>
> My xorg.conf is ...
>
> # xorg.conf.failsafe (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
> #
> # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
> # values from the debconf database.
> #
> # Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
> # (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
> #
> # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
> # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
> # package.
> #
> # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
> # again, run the following command:
> #   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>        Identifier     "aticonfig Layout"
>        Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
>        Option      "DontZap" "False"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>        Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
>        Option      "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
>        Option      "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
>        Option      "DPMS" "true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>        Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
>        Driver      "fglrx"
>        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>        Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
>        Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
>        Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
>        DefaultDepth     24
>        SubSection "Display"
>                Viewport   0 0
>                Depth     24
>        EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Any ideas anyone ?
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave
>
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