Bug 803886 - Graphical artifacts from previous boot (in Windows) remain after restarting into Fedora
Summary: Graphical artifacts from previous boot (in Windows) remain after restarting i...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-drv-nouveau
Version: 16
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ben Skeggs
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-03-15 20:20 UTC by Meyer S. Jacobs
Modified: 2013-02-28 01:03 UTC (History)
11 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2013-02-13 12:49:20 UTC
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
Screenshot of session containing graphical artifacts from Windows 7 session. (269.92 KB, image/png)
2012-03-15 20:20 UTC, Meyer S. Jacobs
no flags Details
/var/log/messages-20120315 (trimmed to only contain today's messages) (206.81 KB, application/octet-stream)
2012-03-15 20:41 UTC, Meyer S. Jacobs
no flags Details
/var/log/Xorg.0.log (69.37 KB, text/x-log)
2012-03-15 20:42 UTC, Meyer S. Jacobs
no flags Details
dmidecode output (9.13 KB, text/plain)
2013-02-28 01:03 UTC, ecvej
no flags Details

Description Meyer S. Jacobs 2012-03-15 20:20:35 UTC
Created attachment 570430 [details]
Screenshot of session containing graphical artifacts from Windows 7 session.

Description of problem:
I am running a dual-boot system with Windows 7 and Fedora 16. Fedora 16's boot and data partitions are encrypted. I have two monitors. The problem arose under the following conditions:
I was in an active session under Windows 7. Intending to reboot into Fedora, I selected Restart from the Windows start menu. Everything proceeded normally as I waited to reach GRUB, selected Fedora, entered my encryption key, and finally reached the Fedora login manager. I selected my user, entered my password, and hit enter to login. After logging in, a distorted and torn image from my previous session (under windows) appeared drawn to the root window (under the Gnome UI, where the wallpaper would normally appear). I've attached a screenshot.

Logging out and logging in again resolved the issue, so far as is visible to me.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce GTS 240
Graphics driver: Nouveau (xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1:0.0.16-27.20110720gitb806e3f.fc16, 64-bit)
Desktop environment: Gnome 3.2.1
Kernel version: Linux 3.2.7-1.fc16.x64_86

How reproducible:
I am not yet certain. I have had similar graphical errors in the past, but never from a previous session in a different OS. I will comment with more details in the future.

Steps to Reproduce:
(untested)
1. Boot to Windows 7.
2. Go about normal activities, including running GPU-intensive applications and games.
3. Select "restart".
4. On reboot, select Fedora in GRUB.
5. Login.
  
Actual results:
Strange graphics artifacts appear drawn to the root window / background.

Expected results:
Wallpaper is drawn to the root window / background.

Additional info:
I'll upload some logs after submitting, as I can't seem to attach more than one file. 

I speculate that this bug has something to do with a graphics buffer not being cleared between boots. As error-free images were drawn to the screen before the error occurred (after logging in), the data must have been stored in a secondary buffer. I suppose grub, the drive decryption screen, the Fedora boot screen, and the Gnome 3 login manager may all have only used single-buffered graphics, thus allowing the data to persist through login. 

Although it hardly seems worth mentioning, I am using the default Fedora wallpaper, the same one used in the login screen.

As a closing note, I'd like to say that this is one of the more interesting bugs I've come across.

Comment 1 Meyer S. Jacobs 2012-03-15 20:41:08 UTC
Created attachment 570431 [details]
/var/log/messages-20120315 (trimmed to only contain today's messages)

Comment 2 Meyer S. Jacobs 2012-03-15 20:42:15 UTC
Created attachment 570432 [details]
/var/log/Xorg.0.log

Comment 3 Fedora End Of Life 2013-01-16 12:31:14 UTC
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Comment 4 Fedora End Of Life 2013-02-13 12:49:23 UTC
Fedora 16 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2013-02-12. Fedora 16 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 
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Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.

Comment 5 ecvej 2013-02-27 23:47:21 UTC
This bug is still present in Fedora 18.

Windows 7 / Fedora 18 dual boot on separate drives.

Happy to add additional debug information to what the OP has already given, let me know what may be helpful.

Comment 6 Meyer S. Jacobs 2013-02-28 00:14:06 UTC
(In reply to comment #5)
> This bug is still present in Fedora 18.
> 
> Windows 7 / Fedora 18 dual boot on separate drives.
> 
> Happy to add additional debug information to what the OP has already given,
> let me know what may be helpful.

I can no longer add up-to-date details on this bug, as I am no longer running Fedora (and I doubt the bug will be reproducible in a Virtualization). 

It might be useful to upload your system details and some log files.

Comment 7 ecvej 2013-02-28 01:03:39 UTC
Created attachment 703724 [details]
dmidecode output

Details of my graphics card in case it is relevant:

VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G96 [GeForce 9600M GT] (rev a1)

[quote]I speculate that this bug has something to do with a graphics buffer not being cleared between boots. As error-free images were drawn to the screen before the error occurred (after logging in), the data must have been stored in a secondary buffer. I suppose grub, the drive decryption screen, the Fedora boot screen, and the Gnome 3 login manager may all have only used single-buffered graphics, thus allowing the data to persist through login.[/quote]

This sounds logical. Were you on a similar hardware set up to me? (Dell laptop, see attached dmidecode output). Wondering if it Dell bios related rather than fedora.


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