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nvidia-graphics-drivers package

Regression: fullscreen display corruption

Bug #1078874 reported by Steve Magoun on 2012-11-14

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

A recent update to my 12.10 system has resulted in the display occasionally showing severe corruption (see video here: http://ubuntuone.com/0ItrEBmS23ERwH131NsROv ) that forces a reboot. This is an intermittent problem but it's happened to me at least 4 times. I think the problem started around the time I upgraded to unity 6.10 but I am not sure of the exact date.

Moving the mouse over various UI elements causes the corruption to change, sometimes spectacularly. For example, moving the mouse + up down the unity launcher causes lots of rapid changes. When the machine is idle with no input, there are small dots that will dance around on the screen [see the beginning of the attached video]

A reboot always clears the problem. Switching to a VT and back to X will not clear the problem.

I'm on a MacBook Pro 3,1 w/ NVIDIA 8600M GT and the binary NVIDIA driver (304.51.really.304.43-0ubuntu1).

Steps to reproduce:
1) Use the computer. A second monitor may be a factor, I am not sure

Expected results:
UI remains legible, no massive corruption

Actual results:
After a period of time (hours/days) the displays may suddenly show massive corruption that makes it impossible to keep working.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: unity 6.10.0-0ubuntu2
Uname: Linux 3.6.3-030603-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 304.43 Sun Aug 19 20:14:03 PDT 2012
GCC version: gcc version 4.7.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.2-2ubuntu1)
.proc.driver.nvidia.warnings.fbdev:
Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console
on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver
requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console
drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in
corruption and stability problems, and is not supported.
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Wed Nov 14 14:51:54 2012
DistUpgraded: 2012-08-07 11:19:37,876 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
nvidia-current, 304.43, 3.5.0-18-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-current, 304.43, 3.6.3-030603-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox, 4.1.18, 3.6.3-030603-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
NVIDIA Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600M GT] [10de:0407] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device [106b:00a0]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-09-17 (789 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1)
MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro3,1
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.6.3-030603-generic root=UUID=4b3d81ed-fb5d-4946-97c0-ec537e1bfa3f ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-08-07 (99 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 03/05/08
dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.bios.version: MBP31.88Z.0070.B07.0803051658
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Mac-F4238BC8
dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.board.version: PVT
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag#
dmi.chassis.type: 2
dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F4238BC8
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP31.88Z.0070.B07.0803051658:bd03/05/08:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro3,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F4238BC8:rvrPVT:cvnAppleInc.:ct2:cvrMac-F4238BC8:
dmi.product.name: MacBookPro3,1
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.4+bzr3407-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0-0ubuntu1
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu3

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Steve Magoun (smagoun) wrote on 2012-11-14:

.proc.driver.nvidia.params.txt Edit (455 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (69.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootLog.txt Edit (2.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (10.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (23.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgLog.txt Edit (133.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (39.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JockeyStatus.txt Edit (708 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmDisplayLog.txt Edit (2.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmGreeterLog.txt Edit (6.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmGreeterLogOld.txt Edit (6.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmLog.txt Edit (3.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (14.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (993 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
MonitorsGlobal.xml.txt Edit (934 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
MonitorsUser.xml.txt Edit (3.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (149.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (326.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UnitySupportTest.txt Edit (590 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (36.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (71.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (4.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
nvidia-installer.log.txt Edit (90.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
nvidia-settings.txt Edit (284.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (50.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) on 2012-11-15

affects:

unity (Ubuntu) → nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)

Revision history for this message

dino99 (9d9) wrote on 2015-06-26:

That version is no more supported; please open a new bug report if the actual archive found version also has the same issue.

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Invalid

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