Bug#486628: xserver-xorg-video-ati: X runs but window movement causes CPU usage and is slow.

[Alex Deucher]

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 7:07 AM, David Foster <davedfoster at gmail.com> wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati
> Version: 1:6.8.0-1
> Severity: important
>
>
> xserver-xorg-video-ati_1:6.8.0-1 and higher the xserver starts up fine
> new windows are quick to appear but moving or resizing exixting windows
> takes an inordinately long period of time and CPU resources rendering
> the computer all but useless.
>
> X logs report no errors or strangeness.
>
> Down grade to 1:6.6.3-2 and all is fine.
>
> lspci reports as
> 06:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE]
> In a Dell Powerdege 1800 (Special set up for cheap cheery card?).
>
> N.B. System deps below are wrong due to bugthing getting deps from
> installed packages. As it didn't work everything was downgraded.
>
> any other information I can provide to help send me mail.
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: lenny/sid
>  APT prefers testing
>  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.25.5.090608 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
> Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB.UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
>
> Versions of packages xserver-xorg-video-ati depends on:
> ii  libc6                    2.7-10          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
> hi  xserver-xorg-core        2:1.1.1-21etch4 X.Org X server -- core server
>
> xserver-xorg-video-ati recommends no packages.
>
> -- no debconf information

Please attach your xorg log and config.

Alex