The fix I mentioned in comment #6 is now also available in the upstream 3.12.7 kernel.
A PPA of this kernel is available at kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel- ppa/mainline/ and instructions on how to install and uninstall it are available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-ati in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1133879 Title: Display problems (ATI RS690) Status in “xserver-xorg-video-ati” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Enabling the Unity dash to select an application, the system is extremely slow and display errors are observed. This problem also occurs in Firefox tabs when closing the Unity Dash. ~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (development branch) Release: 13.04 ~$ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-ati: Instalados: 1:7.1.0-0ubuntu1 Candidato: 1:7.1.0-0ubuntu1 Tabla de versión: *** 1:7.1.0-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.1.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-7.15-generic 3.8.0 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-7-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.330 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true Date: Wed Feb 27 03:47:43 2013 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: raring DistroVariant: ubuntu GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RS690M [Radeon X1200 Series] [1002:791f] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0213] LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130226) MachineType: eMachines eMachines E625 MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=es_ES.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 06/03/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: eMachines dmi.bios.version: V1.11 dmi.board.name: HM50-YK dmi.board.vendor: eMachines dmi.board.version: N/A dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: eMachines dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvneMachines:bvrV1.11:bd06/03/2009:svneMachines:pneMachinesE625:pvrV1.11:rvneMachines:rnHM50-YK:rvrN/A:cvneMachines:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: eMachines E625 dmi.product.version: V1.11 dmi.sys.vendor: eMachines version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.9~daily13.02.19-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.42-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0.2-0ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0.2-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.2-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.1.0-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.21.3-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.6-0ubuntu3 xserver.bootTime: Wed Feb 27 02:45:29 2013 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.13.2-0ubuntu2 xserver.video_driver: radeon To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/1133879/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
