Corrupt video leaving graphics mode
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Undecided
|
Jezscha |
Bug Description
Any time I leave graphics mode (ctl-alt-f1, logout, suspend, shutdown, etc) video gets corrupted, sort of like looking through frosted glass or bad TV reception. Going back to the GUI does not fix the problem, nor does restarting X/gdm. So far my only "fix" is a reboot. In the GUI I have zero issues. I can play games, edit photos, play movies with no artifacts or problems. Leaving the GUI recreates the issue 100%.
I have tried disablig frame buffers (nofb), with and without desktop effects enabled, the 180, 185 and 190 nvidia drivers to no avail. I also don't see the issue with the xorg driver, only with the proprietary ones.
This is on an Asus N51 laptop with a m240GT card (~9600GT).
I see nothing disturbing in dmesg.
I also see multicolored random junk lines on the bottom half of the display during a shutdown (usplash?).
Attached are pictures of tty, GUI after returning from the corrupt tty and a shutdown.
What you can't see in the pictures is that the distortion is not fixed, it continuously jitters.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Nov 13 19:23:49 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. N51Vn
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: nvidia-glx-185 185.18.36-0ubuntu9
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
RelatedPackageV
xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu7
libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
xserver-
xserver-
SourcePackage: nvidia-
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors:
(gnome-
(gnome-
(nautilus:2170): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences
(polkit-
(gnome-
dmi.bios.date: 08/13/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 217
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: N51Vn
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.name: N51Vn
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
distro: Ubuntu
architecture: x86_64kernel: 2.6.31-14-generic
Related branches
security vulnerability: | no → yes |
security vulnerability: | yes → no |
visibility: | public → private |
visibility: | private → public |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Jakub Jezek (jezschaj) |
tags: | added: karmic |
Others are having the same issue with the same chipset (mobile 240GT):
http:// www.nvnews. net/vbulletin/ showthread. php?p=2124854& posted= 1#post2124854.
It seems from that thread that the 190.x drivers were the first to "officially" support the 240. I haven't confirmed this. Regardless, it's a bug albeit probably one for upstream.