Comment 0 for bug 367741

Binary package hint: xorg

I upgraded from 8.10 to 9.04. Upon reboot, the display came up scrambled.

# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04

# apt-cache policy xorg
xorg:
  Installed: 1:7.4~5ubuntu18
  Candidate: 1:7.4~5ubuntu18
  Version table:
 *** 1:7.4~5ubuntu18 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

rebooting and selecting the recovery option, I got a console.
# Xorg -configure
  resulted in a signal 11.
  and fglrx was in the later messages.

# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, selecting to not use the frame buffer did not fix the problem.

The 'Downgrade from 9.04 to 8.10' thread mentioned removing the fglrx driver.

# apt-get remove --purge xorg-driver-fglrx
followed by a reboot resulted in a functioning system.

The display is somewhat strange. If I move a window half off the display to the right and back, the edge of the window is bent down until I place it. If I move a window off to the left and back, the window is smeared until I place it. Moving a window up and down results in smearing and tearing until I stop moving it.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: xorg 1:7.4~5ubuntu18
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersion: Linux version 2.6.27-11-generic (buildd@vernadsky) (gcc version 4.3.2 (Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu11) ) #1 SMP Wed Apr 1 20:57:48 UTC 2009
SourcePackage: xorg
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686