Comment 16 for bug 838577

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Sketches (conor-smurf) wrote : Re: [Bug 838577] Re: GNOME Shell display problems with FGLRX

I get that black and white rainbow at the start.
Goes back to proper after five seconds.

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Elthommo <email address hidden> wrote:

> I have the latest updated 11.10 and I still have this problem with the
> "rainbow" top bar in Gnome Shell. I have a AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
>
> ** Attachment added: "screenshot"
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/838577/+attachment/2536956/+files/screenshot.xcf
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> Title:
> GNOME Shell display problems with FGLRX
>
> Status in AMD fglrx video driver:
> Unknown
> Status in “fglrx-installer” package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
> Status in “gnome-shell” package in Debian:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Major display issues with Gnome Shell on a clean and updated install
> of 11.10. I suspect it's due to running ATI graphics with fglrx since
> I don't have issues on my netbook. Basically the top panel is
> completely garbled and a mess of different colours; at times I can
> notice the global menu from the Unity panel in the background of the
> Gnome Shell panel. Also various letters in the panel text appear as
> teal-coloured rectangles of various sizes. I tried to get a
> screenshot, but the screenshot tool just displays an empty wallpaper.
> Display issues also occur for example in the Alt+F2 dialogue box.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
> Package: gnome-shell 3.1.4-0ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.15-generic 3.0.3
> Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Wed Aug 31 21:00:06 2011
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha amd64
> (20110802.1)
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: gnome-shell
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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