Ubuntu Multimedia :: Display Shows "dirtiness" When Switching To A Text TTY And Back.
Jan 28, 2010
I want to report a bug I recently found to devs.
I found that when switching to any TTY and then back to the graphic mode a rectangle of about 5cm long x 1 and 1/2cm tall appears in the right-down corner of the screen, filled with trashed vram data.
I did a screen capture but the thing didn't appear - opposed as ghost would! xDD But the fact is I can see it, no matter I go full screen and then back to normal, no matter I switch again to any TTY and then back to TTY7, it sit's there until I reboot: closing the session and starting a new one don't work either, the box is still there.
I'm running Koala 9.10 amd64 on a QuadCore 8400 and ATI 5750HD video card with drivers provided by Ubuntu itself, not the ones that came with the graphic card CD neither the ones available to download from ATI's website.
I'm running Emerald and Compiz, too.
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[code]....
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