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Date:      Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:53:59 -0700
From:      "John Merryweather Cooper, 600 SE Jamar Street No.672 Pullman WA 99163, , 509-333-8322" <john_m_cooper@yahoo.com>
To:        "FreeBSD gnats submit" <FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   ports/116412: Screen artifacts with radeon X driver
Message-ID:  <1190001239.2138@borgdemon2.resnet.wsu.edu>
Resent-Message-ID: <200709170400.l8H407KO021985@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         116412
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       Screen artifacts with radeon X driver
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Sep 17 04:00:06 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     John Merryweather Cooper,600 SE Jamar Street No.672 Pullman WA 99163,,509-333-8322
>Release:        FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:


System: FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #72: Wed Sep 12 09:53:46 PDT 2007
    root@borgdemon2.resnet.wsu.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/P4



>Description:


I have a complete install of x11/xorg (7.3).  The computer is a Dell Inspiron 5100 (2.8 GHz) with 512 M RAM and an ATI Radeon display card.  Xorg 7.2's radeon driver worked without a hitch.  Not so with 7.3.  I have the following video artifacts:

1) a 10-15 pixel wide vertical line running right through the middle of the GNOME icon on the upper panel to the bottom of the screen.

2) a "shimmering" effect particularly evident arount all fonts (pixels appear to "move" clockwise around all fonts).

3) images have reduced sharpness.



>How-To-Repeat:


n/a


>Fix:


Workaround is to switch to VESA driver for now (which works perfectly if slightly slower).



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