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Bug#345885: xserver-xorg: [ati/radeon] Desktop window is filled with multiple "ghost images" of windows on top of it



On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 19:47 -0700, Alex Belits wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 6.9.0.dfsg.1-1
> Severity: important
> 
> X server does not show any unusual behavior until nautilus is started,
> with desktop enabled. Once nautilus draws its desktop window, all
> windows above it, including gnome panel and nautilus' own icons are
> duplicated at various distances above themselves, not unlike the
> well-known Sun console scrolling effect, except the original window
> still remains in place, and GUI is unusually sluggish. Also moving
> windows causes their border to leave "trace" on the desktop. I don't
> know why nautilus' desktop window triggers this behavior, however
> nautilus itself does not show it anywhere else.
> 
> The problem exists with version 6.9.0 but not 6.8.2, and under 6.9.0 with
> "radeon" and "ati" drivers but not "vesa".

[...]

> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier	"Radeon"
> 	Option		"AGPMode" "2"
> 	Option		"AGPFastWrite" "True"
> 	Option		"EnablePageFlip" "True"
> 	Option		"RenderAccel" "on"
> 	Driver		"radeon"
> #	Driver		"vesa"
> 	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection

Does this also happen if you don't enable page flipping and/or use

	Option	"AccelMethod" "EXA"

?


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