[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-19 Thread krona
I hope it's not rejected. I understand the desire for the correct solution, and on the face of it you could argue that the fglrx driver should not have slow performance with the existing xorg code, however I think we should be pragmatic given the facts. Lots of people want to use the fglrx driver

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-19 Thread aarons
Do we even know that this bug is on ATI's radar? I mean I see no indication on the upstream bug report that it is being looked at http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1546 The fact that ATI hasn't responded to the bug is the most frustrating part of all this. Either way though, I always end up

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-19 Thread madmed
I don't know if it is the same problem but when activating the desktop effects, maximizing or opening new windows is very very slow except for VLC!! I have an ATI HD3430. Sorry for my English :p -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-19 Thread krona
madmed: Certainly sound like the same thing. I think the solution in comment #167 is probably the easiest way to fix the problem though it's not the way I finally got it fixed. Good luck with it! -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-18 Thread krona
I can't beleive this was rejected for Karmic. If the driver is fglrx then do not do the other bug fix code that causes the performance problem! I installed the latest fglrx driver from ATI and applied the patch. PERFECT, all desktop effects worked perfectly and the speed was pretty good. But, of

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-18 Thread svaens
just watch it get rejected for 10.4 too! On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:05 AM, krona kr...@krona.f2s.com wrote: I can't beleive this was rejected for Karmic. If the driver is fglrx then do not do the other bug fix code that causes the performance problem! I installed the latest fglrx driver from

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-14 Thread Vancouverite
@ Prabhakar Nagral, did this work for you? @ José Tomás Atria I can confirm that switching off fglrx power saving takes care of the problem for me. Further I have found that it only affects me if I boot with power saving enabled. If I boot with power saving off, then turn it on from Catalyst I

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-14 Thread José Tomás Atria
ok, maybe i am not understanding it allright, but it tried disabling powerplay in amdcccle, and didn't see any change in memory use. I was expecting to see a drop in memory use after disabling powerplay, like the one observed when opening and closing paraview. maybe it wasn't this you were

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-14 Thread laleshii
i have also disabled powerplay and after a restart my memory is quite low ... 550MB after 1 day uptime. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-14 Thread viking-pl
still a problem in karmic 64 -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in ubuntu.

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-13 Thread Prabhakar Nagral
thanks much..found it! Regards, -P --- On Fri, 13/11/09, Vancouverite sethgilchr...@gmail.com wrote: From: Vancouverite sethgilchr...@gmail.com Subject: [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled To: pmnag...@yahoo.co.in Date: Friday, 13

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-13 Thread José Tomás Atria
do we have confirmation for this? ie, is the memory leak associated to fglrx power saving? On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 3:43 AM, Prabhakar Nagral pmnag...@yahoo.co.in wrote: thanks much..found it! Regards, -P --- On Fri, 13/11/09, Vancouverite sethgilchr...@gmail.com wrote: From: Vancouverite

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-12 Thread Vancouverite
I recently turned off powerplay (the power save options for ATI cards) in Catalyst and my memory leak disappeared! Van -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug notification because you are a

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-12 Thread Prabhakar Nagral
Hi, Where is this disable option? Regards, -P --- On Fri, 13/11/09, Vancouverite sethgilchr...@gmail.com wrote: From: Vancouverite sethgilchr...@gmail.com Subject: [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled To: pmnag...@yahoo.co.in Date:

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-12 Thread Vancouverite
@ Prabhakar Nagral It's in the Catalyst control center, second to last in the list on the left. Applications - Other - Catalyst Control Center (Administrative). or gksudo amdcccle Van -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-10 Thread Vancouverite
Hi all, I took Nico's advice and switched to the backclear ppa provided by k0ekk0ek (thanks, and thanks Felix) and found that I still had the memory leak. So thinking that maybe it shouldn't be blamed on the no-backfill (thanks Bryce) or backclear patches I reverted to the default

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-10 Thread svaens
@Vancouverite Just to clarify what you mean; First you say you had memory leaks with no-back-fill. then switched to backclear, and still had memory leaks. Then switched to the default that ships with Karmic koala - still memory leaks So what did you do differently to now have no memory leak?

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-10 Thread José Tomás Atria
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 2:44 PM, svaens sva...@gmail.com wrote: So what did you do differently to now have no memory leak? On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 5:22 AM, Vancouverite sethgilchr...@gmail.comwrote: I have now reverted to radeon and the current x-server-core that ships with Karmic

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-10 Thread Vancouverite
@ svaens Sorry if I wasn't clear. Using fglrx, regardless of the x-server package, lead to a memory leak. The only configuration without a memory leak was disabling the proprietary drivers and using the open source radeon driver (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver) with 2D

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-10 Thread svaens
Sorry to ask again. And I do so realising that probably, I need to ask because of my own ignorance. Is it that; fglrx paired with any version of x-server = memory leak radeon driver? paired with any version of x-server = no memory leak meaning, the difference is not the x-server, but the

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-10 Thread Vancouverite
In equation form: fglrx + [karmic current x-server (2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4)] = [memory leak] + [bad window opening] fglrx + [either modified x-server] = [memory leak] + [good window opening] radeon + [karmic current x-server (2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4)] = [no memory leak] + [good 2D effects] I have not

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-10 Thread svaens
Thank you van, I use currently the open source radeon driver 2D (on my HD 3470 mobility) to escape the unminimize problem. It would be a shame for me to install the backclear patch and still be stuck using the 2D version because of a memory leak. That paraview affects the memory leak like that

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-10 Thread José Tomás Atria
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 3:31 PM, svaens sva...@gmail.com wrote: So, it should be possible to achieve fast (normal) unminimizing AND no memory leak. And that is what vancouverite has achieved? As long as you don't use fglrx and stick to 2d acceleration only, it appears so, yes. But then again,

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-09 Thread Prabhakar Nagral
I tried patching that, but I get below error and am not able to patch pnag...@pnagral-ubuntu:~$ patch -p1 /home/pnagral/xserver-xorg-backclear.patch can't find file to patch at input line 3 Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? The text leading up to this was:

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-09 Thread Thorbjørn Hermansen
I installed Felix Kuehling patch, via https://launchpad.net/~k0ekk0ek/+archive/ppa (#291) and it seems to remove my problem with slow resize of windows with ATI Proprietary FGLRX driver. I'm on a DELL Stiduo XPS 16, ATI Radeon HD 3670. Thanks goes to Felix Kuehling and k0ekk0ek! :-) -- [M76]

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-09 Thread Brendan_P
Can confirm the above on same hardware, Felix patch from PPA works like a charm. Currently monitoring xorg memory issue to see if this is still a problem, looks fine so far but only 7 hrs uptime -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-09 Thread Prabhakar Nagral
Hi, Thanks for the help. I could install the fix. But, I face memory problem. Though I run very few applications, I see that almost all of my memory is eaten up. Pasted below output of 'top' sorted by memory. Is there a solution for this? top - 23:26:20 up 2 days, 1:59, 4 users, load average:

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-09 Thread Marco Chiappero
Well, I'm using both beckclear patched and unpatched systems, and I'm afraid I have to admit that there might be memory leaks in the first one. However it is the one I use most and often for small amount of time, so I'm not that sure. In any case, sometimes I see 200-300M (RES), that it's not very

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-09 Thread Vancouverite
Hi all, I had this problem as well and applied the no-backfill patch from the Karmic ppa and it solved the delay problem. I started having the memory issues and thinking they were unrelated I participated in another bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/432531 that should be marked as a

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-09 Thread Nico Isenbeck
With the backclear patch I have no memory leaks at all! If you are using the no-backfill patch, try the backclear patch by Felix Kuehling . backclear-patch: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/351186/comments/228 ppa:

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-08 Thread mk
Now Felix patch works for me too. Updated X.Org some days ago with automatic updates. Then applied the patch and everything is working fine. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-07 Thread Daëavelwyn
Hi, Watch this comment, I hope it will help you : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx- installer/+bug/351186/comments/256 On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Prabhakar Nagral pmnag...@yahoo.co.inwrote: Hi, I am not able to get key for felix's patch. Can someone help me in getting

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-07 Thread Churchy
It is a shame that this bug still persists in Karmic. Both on Canonical's and on ATI's side. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-07 Thread Churchy
Should add a big thank you to Felix Kuehling for his backclear patch, works like a charm also for xorg_server 1.6.4 on Karmic, Catalyst 9.10 that came with it, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-04 Thread Nico Isenbeck
The backclear patch works for me too. Radeon HD4550, Ubuntu 9.10, fglrx Thanks Felix! -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-04 Thread Malaria
Both patch work for me. I don't see any difference between them in fact. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-03 Thread mk
Hi everybody, I have a Toshiba Satellite A200 laptop with ATI HD2600. Same problems as for everyone else. Kubuntu 9.10 final and official ATI 9.10 driver. I tried to install the Felix patch (by miself and with ppa provided by k0ekk0ek #291) and did NOT worked for me: kubuntu totally freezed on

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-11-02 Thread m1st0
Radeon Mobility HD 3670. Felix, you did a great job. KDE, Ubuntu 9.10. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-31 Thread Torsten Flammiger
thanks a lot, Felix Kuehling's patch worked for me too (karmic, fglrx, ATI HD4850) Restoring minimized windows is now as fast as i expect it to be. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-31 Thread ToKico
Thanks Felix, your patch solved (in my case) the problem. Thanks. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-31 Thread baeza
ATI Mobility Radeon HD4330 and Karmic final. Felix patch solved speed issue when resizing windows, but using emerald window decorator, produces flickering when horizontal resizing. GTK works perfect. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-27 Thread Daëavelwyn
On my dell studio xps 1640 with ati radeon 3670HD, the best patch is the feilx kueling 's one !! ;-) (thanks so much félix :) ) On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:08 PM, AlexE a...@nextworld.de wrote: On my machine, the better patch definitely is the one by Felix Kuehlig. Works like a charm. --

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-27 Thread José Tomás Atria
I agree that felix's patch is superior (apparently the empty buffer's load faster than the ones containing random memory contents, besides the already discussed security and aestethics aspects), but at least for me, i'm experiencing memory leaks with both alternatives. Incidentally, i seem to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-26 Thread k0ekk0ek
I have uploaded a version of xserver-xorg patched with the xserver-xorg- backclear.patch by Felix Kuehling into my PPA. https://launchpad.net/~k0ekk0ek/+archive/ppa -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-26 Thread Malaria
Which one is the better patch ? However, it would be great if those ppa can be maintain up to date (sync with the legacy xorg package). -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug notification

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-26 Thread José Tomás Atria
in my experience, Felxi Kuehling's patch has performed better on this machine. It looks prettier too :) On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Malaria mala...@sfr.fr wrote: Which one is the better patch ? However, it would be great if those ppa can be maintain up to date (sync with the legacy xorg

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-26 Thread AlexE
On my machine, the better patch definitely is the one by Felix Kuehlig. Works like a charm. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-25 Thread Brendan_P
I found 8.10 to have a stable ati enviroment. Been a slippery downhill slope from their for ati users = Sent from my mobile, so apologies if it seems short and to the point. On Oct 25, 2009 12:40 AM, Zega khonku...@gmail.com wrote: Hey guys. I'm going to be just a little bit off

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-24 Thread Daniel J Blueman
This bug is disappointingly still present with the Catalyst 9.10 (8.661) drivers officially released a couple of days ago. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug notification because you are

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-19 Thread Pedro Ribeiro
I also would like to see this patch in the official repositories. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-19 Thread Malaria
More simple (because there is not enough time remaining for karmic), just provide an OPTIONAL package in repositories. This way, there will be no problem with intel/nvidia users. An other (temporally) solution may be to set up a ppa with the patched xorg → it will be easier than

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-19 Thread Yigit Güneli
here is a ppa for karmic: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-weyland/+archive/xserver-nobackfill/ -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X,

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-19 Thread Malaria
Thank you SO much, it works as expected. I notice only now that several ppa were already set-up. (sorry but there is too much comments here ;)) Which ppa is recommend ? which one will be maintain up to date ? and for jaunty ? -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-19 Thread AlexE
We shall not confuse the two solutions that have been offered so far. First, there was the no-backfill patch that made its way into the PPA linked in #285, that is https://launchpad.net/~launchpad- weyland/+archive/xserver-nobackfill/ Second, there is the backclear patch provided by Felix

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-17 Thread svaens
Yes, that was also my understanding of 'incomplete'. And I asked precisely because I was afraid that its status of 'incomplete' would see it being left out by Ubuntu developers. Could the powers that be reconsider the status of this bug?, as I believe there is plenty of information to list it as

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-16 Thread José Tomás Atria
rmmm. I would have thought that incomplete means that there's not enough information to further locate the problem and hence the bug is impossible to work on. On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Aisthesis nolat...@gmail.com wrote: Incomplete because, in order to confirm that the patch is acceptable

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-15 Thread Daëavelwyn
Hello, Are you sure about the steps ?? I will trying to explain more : Have you completely migrate to Karmic Koala Beta version ??? first, DL the patch : http://launchpadlibrarian.net/32728179/xserver-xorg-backclear.patch then in a terminal do : sudo apt-get build-dep xorg-server apt-get

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-15 Thread Denham Coote
Hi Daëavelwyn That's pretty much exactly what I did, yes. The only thing I can see as being different is that I installed from the Karmic Beta CD, as opposed to upgrading from Jaunty. Ah, just looking at you commands, I realise I may have issued 'patch -pl' instead of 'patch -p1'. I will try

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-15 Thread Denham Coote
Apologies in advance if this is a dumb question or the wrong place to ask, but: As I've (wrongly) patched and installed xorg, what steps would I need to take to rectify? I assume that the patching didn't actually work and I ended up installing a vanilla version. Would I first need to remove the

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-15 Thread Denham Coote
That worked! Turns out I'm just a dumbass. Having just rebooted, my memory usage is 465mb, with Xorg using 105mb. I'll let you know the status after it's been running for a while/overnight. Thanks for the help, Denham -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-14 Thread Daëavelwyn
Applying last Karmic Koala update today cause this bug appears again. a xserver-xorg packages was updated, and I''ve had to patch again with Félix Kuehling's patch. After applying the patch, problem disappears. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-14 Thread Bryce Harrington
Unfortunately, now the window of opportunity has closed. Since the testing coverage has not been as wide as needed, this bug will have to be left for LL to solve. ** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = High ** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) Status:

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-14 Thread svaens
Incomplete ? What else is needed for this bug to be confirmed? I don't understand. when a bug is marked as 'Incomplete' it typically doesn't get worked on, I believe. Please explain. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-14 Thread Sergey Sventitski
Just applied the xserver-xorg-backclear.patch. Everything goes faster, very nice speed of maximizing, unminimizing windows. Testing the memory leakeage now. Will report later p.s. Karmic (Ubuntu 9.10) with fglrx 8.660 -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-14 Thread Denham Coote
I must be a complete idiot. I tried patching, as per #256. All seemed to be going ok. Got the same errors as #236. Proceeded to install. Rebooted. Windows still take 5 seconds to restore. Am I missing something? Dell Studio 1735, Radeon HD 3650, Ubuntu, x86, xorg-server_1.6.4 -- [M76]

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-13 Thread Sergey Sventitski
Geek87 wrote on 2009-09-20: #215 Hi! I've Karmic installed on my desktop and today, when updating, I got a new Fglrx driver which is more recent than the one on ATI website. I installed it and restarted my computer but the problem isn't solved yet. So I wonder, Sergey Sventitski, how did

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-13 Thread Bryce Harrington
I understand people's frustration that this is not looking likely to make it into Karmic given the time remaining, but instead of fretting about it please realize there is still a window of opportunity for inclusion, so it would be much more productive to go find hardware or friends with hardware

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-13 Thread Gustavo A . Díaz
I am using latest Kubuntu Karmic with ATI Technologies Inc Mobility Radeon HD 3450 and fglrx and is slow (real slow...) by using or not desktop effects and i notice it more when i move a Window. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-13 Thread Gustavo A . Díaz
Sorry, I meant resizing windows... -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-12 Thread laleshii
Applied the patch worked great besides some minor glitches, but after 7-8 hours of standby I discovered it was producing a memory leak. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug notification

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-12 Thread Pedro Ribeiro
How long does it take to put a fix of this problem by default on Ubuntu? -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-12 Thread Bryce Harrington
I think the memory leak issue should be sorted out before this patch is included for karmic. Also, since the no-backfill patch produced glitches for some kde users I'd like to hear test results against KDE for this, using at least -intel and -ati. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-12 Thread laleshii
I agree that the memory leak should be resolved, but I am astonished of the speed that things are going. This bug strikes more than 1 year when 9.10 is released and I don't see anything but some community patches that just produce memory leaks. It's really becoming a matter of the image of

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-12 Thread Lachezar Dobrev
I don't think putting either patch into the public release would be smart. Neither patch fixes the defect, rather both provide a work-around at a cost. The wrong part is that since both patches target the XOrg server itself the cost would have to be paid by any user, regardless of whether he/she

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-12 Thread bwat47
If we can't find a better solution (which hopefully we can) Why does everyone ignore that fact that it does NOT have to be INCLUDED by default. Put it in the repos so people who want the fix can easily install it without having to compile from source. For example arch linux has it in their repos

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-12 Thread José Tomás Atria
ehem, i don't know who is supposed to decide this, but i think that such a visible usability bug on one of the three typical configurations (ATI's fglrx) will be a major showstopper for many new users. We need to find a solution, any solution, that does not require googling and installing some

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-11 Thread Flair
I can also confirm the backclear patch by Felix, and works on 1.6.4 following from Daëavelwyn's instructions. Put this fix into Ubuntu 9.10 final release please. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-10 Thread Daëavelwyn
On my dell studio XPS 1640 with ati HD3670, the patch from Félix Kuehling works perfectly (really thanks félix !!), minimize and resize windows are no longer a problem for me :-) If someone wants to apply the patch, here is a little sum up : first, DL the patch :

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-08 Thread Sam
I can confirm this bug was affecting my Thinkpad W500's Radeon HD3650 in jaunty and the new karmic beta (32 and 64bit). It was unbearable. I just applied Felix's backclear patch and it fixed it! -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-07 Thread Pedro Ribeiro
I really hope to see this almost pre-historical bug resolved before Karmic's final version. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-07 Thread svaens
deb package? What deb package, and what is the link? Good for jaunty? Or only Karmic ? thanks! On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Xavier zheka.p...@gmail.com wrote: Downloaded deb packages from launchpad resource. Installed them and now lag dissapeared. Only problem in the hibernate... But

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-07 Thread José Tomás Atria
ppa rep with the patch for karmic plis? On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 4:45 AM, svaens sva...@gmail.com wrote: deb package? What deb package, and what is the link? Good for jaunty? Or only Karmic ? thanks! On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Xavier zheka.p...@gmail.com wrote: Downloaded deb packages

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-07 Thread smerz
#246 how did you conclude no memory leaks? I applied the backclear patch and for me it has the same effect as the no-backfill patch. Uptime 23 hours Xorg memory usage: 2.5 GB () To me both patches are workarounds. I find it hard to consider either a proper fix :(. If I have an uptime of 2

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-07 Thread bwat47
Maybe I concluded it because I get no memory leak on my system? Couple hours uptime, never goes over like 900 mb ram usage. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug notification because you are

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-05 Thread Gerardo Contreras
Patch worked 100% over here. Dell Studio XPS 16 01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV635 Audio device [Radeon HD 3600 Series] Kubuntu karmic / all updates -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-05 Thread Prabhakar Nagral
I have a Lenovo W500 with Radeon HD3650 card running Ubuntu 9.04. My xorg version is 1.6.0 The problem of slow unminizing, etc with desktop effects enabled is now solved after applying XServer with no backfill functionality from the below link:

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-05 Thread Lachezar Dobrev
Prabhakar: You're probably missing a BIOS setting to expand the Flat Panel view. Check your BIOS settings. People! I am using Ubuntu 9.04 AMD64 on a Lenovo T500, with dual video: - an Integrated 'Intel' - a 'Discrete Graphics Adapter: ATI Radeon 3650 (Mobility HD) Due to many problems with the

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-05 Thread bwat47
No memory leaks here using the backclear patch -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to fglrx-installer in ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-05 Thread Xavier
I tried this patch in this way: 1) installed ATI driver from AMD site. 2) created patched deb package version 1.6.0 of xorg 3) installed new xorg When restarted, nothing can be seen. Only black screen. What I have missed? Maybe I need 1.6.3 version of xorg sources? Or maybe my steps are not

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-05 Thread laleshii
I have a ATI 3450 HD. The patched worked just fine, but yesterday updated karmic packages and now I just get a flashing white screen on booting Ubuntu. Begining to lose my temper in this situation. AMD drivers in linux are really a paine in the a**. Also in the short time everything was suppose

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-02 Thread Felix Kuehling
@svaens: Xorg 1.6.0 is fairly close to 1.6.3. You could try applying the backclear patch to it. I'd say your chances are about 95% that it'll work. In my experience the latest drivers don't resolve this issue. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-01 Thread Felix Kuehling
Try this sequence of commands: sudo apt-get build-dep xorg-server apt-get source xorg-server cd xorg-server-1.6.3 patch -p1 /path/to/xserver-xorg-backclear.patch debuild cd .. sudo dpkg --install xserver-xorg-core*.deb -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-01 Thread bwat47
Thank you for telling me how to install it :) delay seems to be completely gone now for me. Works very well. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-01 Thread James Coster
absolutely brilliant. Fixed my HD3650 restore problem without fail. The debuild ended on this: Now signing changes and any dsc files... signfile xorg-server_1.6.3-1ubuntu7.dsc Loïc Minier loic.min...@ubuntu.com gpg: skipped Loïc Minier loic.min...@ubuntu.com: secret key not available gpg:

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-01 Thread James Coster
One thing; attempting to run an 'apt-get update' 'apt-get upgrade', I get asked whether I want to upgrade the xserver-xorg-core package and the related dev one. Surely if I update this I will lose the patch? -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-01 Thread aarons
Just applied the latest patch, and I also am no longer observing the slowness. If I notice anything else strange that seems to have come with the patch, I'll add another comment. Felix: Thank you! This has been driving me nuts since upgrading to jaunty. For the record my hardware is an HD3400

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-01 Thread Hans-Peter Schadler
As you may already know, it also affects karmic with the latest xserver- xorg-core package (1.6.3-1ubuntu7) br HPS -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/351186 You received this bug notification because you are a

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-01 Thread svaens
Hi all, I have a couple questions before I jump into this. @Felix You mentioned this is a patch against the Xorg version 1.6.3 included in Karmic. Does that mean I should not use it in Jaunty with Xorg 1.6.0 ? Also, a subscriber to this bug, Michel, mentioned above that he was able to solve

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-10-01 Thread bwat47
@svaens The ati driver in karmic is actually already newer than the one on ati's site (pre-release cat 9.10) the one on atis site is 9.9. I have used 9.9 before and it did not fix it for me. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 351186] Re: [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

2009-09-30 Thread Felix Kuehling
The patch is against the Xserver source shipped with Karmic's xorg- server 1.6.3-1ubuntu4. Do not apply the no-backfill patch at the same time as my backclear patch, they are mutually exclusive. -- [M76] [ubuntu 9.04] slow unminimizing with ati card and desktop effects enabled

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