Bug 511412 - Display Blanking Problem with ATI Open Source Driver
Summary: Display Blanking Problem with ATI Open Source Driver
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-drv-ati
Version: 11
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Assignee: X/OpenGL Maintenance List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-07-15 02:07 UTC by Randy Yates
Modified: 2023-09-14 01:17 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2010-06-28 13:38:04 UTC
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Description Randy Yates 2009-07-15 02:07:32 UTC
Description of problem:

A random amount of time after a reboot (from several hours to several days), the display begins flashing randomly (between completely dark and a normal display) when the mouse is moved. This is logged in as a gnome session.

How reproducible:

Intermittent/random.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Upgrade F10 to F11
2. Install xorg-x11-drv-ati
3. Reboot and wait...
  
Actual results:

Display begins blanking 

Expected results:

Display operates normally.

Additional info:

http://smolts.org/show?uuid=pub_15900406-f486-401e-9705-8867ae4ae0d9+

Comment 1 Randy Yates 2009-07-15 02:12:28 UTC
Note that this system was upated "on-line" from F10 to F11 using the new fedora upgrade option (via the software updater?). Thus the smolt data is still showing F10. 

Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.29.5-191.fc11.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 16 23:23:21 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Comment 2 Randy Yates 2009-07-15 02:25:12 UTC
Also note that this system has two video interfaces - one is the integrated video interface (not sure of the type), and the other is the Radeon/ATI 9550 PCI video card.

Comment 3 Matěj Cepl 2009-11-05 18:34:44 UTC
Since this bugzilla report was filed, there have been several major updates in various components of the Xorg system, which may have resolved this issue. Users who have experienced this problem are encouraged to upgrade their system to the latest version of their packages. For packages from updates-testing repository you can use command

yum upgrade --enablerepo='*-updates-testing'

Alternatively, you can also try to test whether this bug is reproducible with the upcoming Fedora 12 distribution by downloading LiveMedia of F12 Beta available at http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/ . By using that you get all the latest packages without need to install anything on your computer. For more information on using LiveMedia take a look at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD .

Please, if you experience this problem on the up-to-date system, let us now in the comment for this bug, or whether the upgraded system works for you.

If you won't be able to reply in one month, I will have to close this bug as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. Thank you.

[This is a bulk message for all open Fedora Rawhide Xorg-related bugs. I'm adding myself to the CC list for each bug, so I'll see any comments you make after this and do my best to make sure every issue gets proper attention.]

Comment 4 Matěj Cepl 2010-02-26 12:16:23 UTC
Could you please reply to the previous question? If you won't reply in one month, I will have to close this bug as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. Thank you.

[Note please, that this is machine generated comment for large amount of bugs; due to some technical issues, it is possible we've missed some of the responses -- it is happens, please, just a make a comment about that; that we will see. Thank you]

Comment 5 Bug Zapper 2010-04-27 15:40:59 UTC
This message is a reminder that Fedora 11 is nearing its end of life.
Approximately 30 (thirty) days from now Fedora will stop maintaining
and issuing updates for Fedora 11.  It is Fedora's policy to close all
bug reports from releases that are no longer maintained.  At that time
this bug will be closed as WONTFIX if it remains open with a Fedora 
'version' of '11'.

Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you
plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' 
to a later Fedora version prior to Fedora 11's end of life.

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The process we are following is described here: 
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Comment 6 Bug Zapper 2010-06-28 13:38:04 UTC
Fedora 11 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2010-06-25. Fedora 11 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of 
Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.

Comment 7 Red Hat Bugzilla 2023-09-14 01:17:14 UTC
The needinfo request[s] on this closed bug have been removed as they have been unresolved for 1000 days


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