xf86-video-ati + compiz = white or black screen

[Michel Dänzer]

On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 18:31 +0200, Marius Groeger wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> 
> > This all looks good... Does the compiz output contain lines like 
> > 
> > Couldn't bind redirected window 0x%x to texture
> > 
> > ? Does using EXA instead of XAA make any difference?
> 
> With XAA I'm getting closer. The symptoms look similar as 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/xorg-server/+bug/135589 even though ppracer 
> works ok. But the compiz window contents (not the decoration) are 
> distored and kind of sheared as if there was a wrong line modulo being 
> used.

Does not enabling backing store help?

If not, the amount of video RAM reserved for textures looks rather
small, try reducing the max desktop size or playing with Option
"FBTexPercent".

If none of the above helps, I'd try starting with no options in the
radeon driver device section.


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