I read the linked page. The glitch they describe sounds like the very thing I'm having.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-openchrome in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1159398 Title: buggy openchrome driver renders desktop unusable Status in “xserver-xorg-video-openchrome” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I'm having a serious graphics problem in Ubuntu 13.04. When the X starts up, I get a glitchy set of squares that turns red with a discolored overlay of what I should be seeing. I also see no cursor whatsoever. Using lspci I got this for my video card: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/P4M800 Pro/P4M800 CE/VN800 Graphics [S3 UniChrome Pro] (rev 01) Additional Details: Openchrome has worked perfectly up until this release of Ubuntu 13.04 and assuming latest release of openchrome. What I am guessing is my video card is having problems with GLX, though there doesn't seem to be any easy way to disable it (which is something I shouldn't have to do in the first place). The little bit of what you're *supposed* to see is also updating at an unnervingly low framerate, furthing my suspicion that it's a serious problem with acceleration. It takes a while for the (glitchy) display to appear in the first place. It didn't (thankfully) keep me from switching consoles. The boot splash is show in text-mode only (this specific anomaly has happed in previous releases though strangly on on the live session) Please see if you can fix this or forward this to someone who can see what they can do. Thank you for reading my bug request. --- .tmp.unity.support.test.1: ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 CasperVersion: 1.330 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: raring DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 DistroVariant: ubuntu GraphicsCard: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/P4M800 Pro/P4M800 CE/VN800 Graphics [S3 UniChrome Pro] [1106:3344] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Gateway, Inc. Device [107b:0216] LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386 (20130321) Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: Gateway MX3215 MarkForUpload: True Package: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome 1:0.3.1-0ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: i386 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-13.23-generic 3.8.3 Tags: raring ubuntu single-occurrence reproducible Uname: Linux 3.8.0-13-generic i686 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: XorgConf: Section "Device" Identifier "VIA Unichrome Pro" Driver "vesa" EndSection dmi.bios.date: 02/22/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix dmi.bios.version: 73.07 dmi.board.vendor: Gateway dmi.board.version: Rev1.73.07 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Gateway dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenix:bvr73.07:bd02/22/2006:svnGateway:pnMX3215:pvr73.07:rvnGateway:rn:rvrRev1.73.07:cvnGateway:ct8:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: MX3215 dmi.product.version: 73.07 dmi.sys.vendor: Gateway version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.9~daily13.03.20-0ubuntu1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.42-0ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0.3-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0.3-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu2b1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2b2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.1.0-0ubuntu1b1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.21.4-0ubuntu1b1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.6-0ubuntu3b1 xserver.bootTime: Sun Mar 24 21:55:00 2013 xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: xserver.version: 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu2b1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/+bug/1159398/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
