nouveau and thunderbolt tv screen: a lot of glitches and black screen portion

[Le Gluon Du Net]

Hello,

if I connect my tv screen as a second screen to my Macbook pro, with a thunderbolt to hdmi connectic, I obtain a lot of glitches and some black screen portions.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.1.0-3.3-generic 4.1.3
Uname: Linux 4.1.0-3-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.18-0ubuntu9
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Sep 2 21:45:00 2015
DistUpgraded: 2015-08-23 23:41:34,547 DEBUG running apport_pkgfailure() modemmanager: le sous-processus script post-installation installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 100
DistroCodename: wily
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 12) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
 NVIDIA Corporation GT216M [GeForce GT 330M] [10de:0a29] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device [106b:00c7]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-08-12 (20 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro6,2
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.1.0-3-generic root=UUID=1a19efbe-e3c9-4f6a-b4df-f71113a5973b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-08-23 (9 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 12/09/11
dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.bios.version: MBP61.88Z.0057.B0F.1112091028
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag#
dmi.board.name: Mac-F22586C8
dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.board.version: MacBookPro6,2
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F22586C8
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP61.88Z.0057.B0F.1112091028:bd12/09/11:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro6,2:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F22586C8:rvrMacBookPro6,2:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-F22586C8:
dmi.product.name: MacBookPro6,2
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.1+15.10.20150805-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.64-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.6.3-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.6.3-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.9.2-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.5.0+git20150819-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu3
xserver.bootTime: Wed Sep 2 21:14:33 2015
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:
 Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
 Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu3
xserver.video_driver: nouveau

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Le Gluon Du Net, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. Does using the nvidia proprietary drivers provide a WORKAROUND as outlined in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia ?

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