FS#37573 - [xf86-video-ati] Acceleration Method "glamor" causes screen capturing issues

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by andre van schoubroeck (andremo) - Thursday, 31 October 2013, 22:11 GMT
Last edited by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Monday, 23 December 2013, 20:16 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Upstream Bugs
Status Closed
Assigned To Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Laurent Carlier (lordheavy)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

When running the open source video driver for ati graphics chips, starting from Southern Islands, glamor is the default acceleration method. This acceleration method causes a number of issues.

* Certain icons are missing from the notification area, such as xfce4-power-manager and hexchat.
* Logging out from xfce4: when the logout menu is supposed to be displayed, the system becomes unresponsive. Mouse moves but nothing happens. Switching to a different tty (ctrl+alt+f2) and back (ctrl+alt+f2) unfreezes the system and displays the logout menu, however, the background is garbage.
* Taking screenshots (using xfce4-screenshooter) gives similar issues. It does not take a screenshot until switched to another tty and back, and the output is garbage again.


When overriding the acceleration method to EXA, the said problems do not occur.

Additional info:

extra/xf86-video-ati 1:7.2.0-1


Steps to reproduce:

Install ArchLinux on an HP ELiteBook 8570w with FirePro M4000 graphics chip, install open source ati drivers and xfce4.
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Closed by  Andreas Radke (AndyRTR)
Monday, 23 December 2013, 20:16 GMT
Reason for closing:  Upstream
Additional comments about closing:  no official fix yet available. please keep on following the upstream report.
Comment by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Friday, 01 November 2013, 12:38 GMT
Feel free to check latest git versions and if it's not solved yet report it upstream!
Comment by andre van schoubroeck (andremo) - Saturday, 02 November 2013, 12:35 GMT
Installing xf86-video-ati-git from yaourt causes my system to freeze upon starting X. I cannot switch to another tty or anything. However, I can still access the machine over ssh.
Comment by Laurent Carlier (lordheavy) - Saturday, 02 November 2013, 12:44 GMT
Please try this glamor-egl package: http://pkgbuild.com/~lcarlier/mesa-git/x86_64/glamor-egl-git-238.7b8d184-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
Comment by andre van schoubroeck (andremo) - Saturday, 02 November 2013, 13:00 GMT
The glamot-elg-git with the xf86-video-ati-git starts, but the problem remains.
Comment by Andreas Radke (AndyRTR) - Saturday, 02 November 2013, 14:52 GMT
Then report a bug upstream.
Comment by andre van schoubroeck (andremo) - Saturday, 02 November 2013, 14:59 GMT
It looks like this bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64738

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