Graphics get all crazy 10.04

[alexpwnsn00b2]

hi everyone I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 on my Gateway netbook and everything seemed to be fine until my graphics went crazy. at first i thought google chrome was the problem but it continued while saving a document and browsing the ubuntu forum using firefox. here are images to help.

[WorMzy]

That is crazy. I'm not sure what's causing that, but how hot does the netbook feel? It could be that the graphics chip overheated. Try switching to a different workspace to see if it forces the display to update. If that fails, press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to go to a tty, log in, and use:

sudo restart gdm

NOTE: This will restart Gnome and you will lose any unsaved documents.

[florus]

What graphics card are you using?

[DomesDKG]

You could also be having a graphics card driver issue. Try using the hardware drivers tool, and updating the machine.

[alexpwnsn00b2]

here are my computers specifications. the Netbook doesn't feel like its over heating and I also used the update manager to make sure i wasn't missing a bug fix. When i use vista everything seems fine and thanks for the tip WorMzy that should come in handy its kinda tricky using memory to find the areas to click when the graphics get all cracked out.

Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 L110 Single-Core Processor (1.2GHz, 800MHz FSB, 512KB L2 Cache)

Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic (32-bit) with SP1

Display: 11.6” HD WXGA Ultrabrigh LED-backlit Display (1366×768 resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio)

Video: ATI Radeon X1270 graphics with 256MB HyperMemory

Memory: 2048MB DDR2 533MHz SDRAM Single Channel Memory

Hard Drive: 250GB SATA hard drive

Wireless Network: 802.11b/g Wi-Fi

Battery: 6-Cell Lithium Ion

Chassis: Chassis with ATI Radeon X1270 Graphics and AMD RS690E Chipset8
External Ports: (3) USB 2.0, VGA Connector

Keyboard and Mouse: Keyboard with Multi-Gesture Touchpad

Media Card Reader: Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader (Memory Stick®, Memory Stick Pro™, MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital™, xD-Picture Card™)

Network: 10/100 Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 port)

[Tadgh]

I myself have a toned down version of the same problem. On 10.04, I get random horizontal lines shooting through the screen. Nothing to the OP's degree however.

The only similarity between out systems is the X1270, so I assume that is what is causing the problem. Is 10.04 more graphically demanding then 9.10?

I looked around on ATI's site for any new drivers, but apparently they consider it legacy, and as such they do not provide drivers for it. Is there perhaps an OSS alternative?

[cstorvold]

I also have a LT3108h Gateway Netbook and since installing 10.04 Netbook Remix, I am having the very same graphics corruption as in the OP screenshots.

I did not have this problem with 9.10, but I did have a problem with my wireless networking which is why I upgraded ASAP to 10.04, which fixed the networking problem but introduced the display corruption.

I will keep looking for a solution and post any findings. Thanks.

[cubicsilver]

I have an LT31 with the same issue. This is the closest I have seen to a fix so far. It involves a 2.6.34 kernel changing some lines in the driver file and recompiling.

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27529

Look towards the bottom, there are 2 options: a patch or a mod of the driver file and recompiling.

I haven't had the time to try either of these options out yet as my netbook is in pieces right now.

[ELoXL]

Well it appears in GRUB I'm still on 2.6.32, hence this may not be my cup of tea at the moment. I'll wait until they release the kernals in their own time to implement the proper fixes. This is really a pain in the ***. I've never been more frustrated at software as I am with Ubuntu right now.

[cubicsilver]

You can always revert to 9.10 or 8.04. Those versions do not have that issue.

I know that 9.10 works nearly flawlessly.