Arch Linux

Expeto

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Registered: 2016-06-27

Posts: 9

Windows desktop visible at Arch after restart

I tend to use windows once in a while for PS and CS. My default boot option is arch, so when I want to go back to arch, I restart the pc from windows.

Sometimes I end up with an interesting sight.

http://i66.tinypic.com/dwv04l.jpg

http://oi68.tinypic.com/2vwu3k8.jpg

SETUP:
DE: i3
GPU : AMD (lspci ==> Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Venus LE [Radeon HD 8830M])
GPU-driver : Radeon
3 monitors connected.
4.7.2-1-ARCH

Happens around twice a month, another reboot fixes it. Also mouse clicks are registered with a huge vertical offset.

Not a big problem for me, but I'm pretty curius how can this happen?

Last edited by Expeto (2016-09-03 21:38:48)

headkase

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Registered: 2011-12-06

Posts: 2,004

Re: Windows desktop visible at Arch after restart

The video RAM is not being initialized to a known state.  If it was, say all black, then you would not see the previous contents of the VRAM.  Since you ARE seeing it then it is, for a fact, not being initialized when you start your graphical environment.

Edit: And also since your mouse is wonky then that would seem to indicate there was a problem in the setup for your graphical environment.  You should open a bug report on the upstream tracker for it.

Last edited by headkase (2016-09-03 21:54:51)