Full screen video corruption on nvidia betwen lightdm and desktop

[Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄]

On a clean install of Ubuntu 12.04 with the nVidia binary driver I get a nice checkerboard pattern.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abw1U9JdnzY

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6+10ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-generic 3.2.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-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 295.20 Mon Feb 6 21:07:30 PST 2012
 GCC version: gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu2)
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
CurrentDmesg: [ 35.088005] eth1: no IPv6 routers present
Date: Thu Mar 8 13:59:02 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia-current, 295.20, 3.2.0-16-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-current, 295.20, 3.2.0-18-generic, x86_64: installed
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation GF104 [GeForce GTX 460] [10de:0e22] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:34fc]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120215)
JockeyStatus:
 xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
 xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-18-generic root=UUID=2438b8df-efe6-4e65-946e-7eb9437990ec ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
XorgConf:
 Section "Device"
  Identifier "Default Device"
  Option "NoLogo" "True"
 EndSection
dmi.bios.date: 04/24/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: ASUS P5N32-E SLI ACPI BIOS Revision 1801
dmi.board.name: P5N32-E SLI
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.XX
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 123456789000
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvrASUSP5N32-ESLIACPIBIOSRevision1801:bd04/24/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5N32-ESLI:rvr1.XX:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.0~bzr2995-0ubuntu5
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.30-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.1-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.1-0ubuntu2
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.99.901+git20120126-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

[Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey)]

Tried using GDM instead of LightDM and didn't get the issue.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Timo Jyrinki (timo-jyrinki)]

I'm also having corruption on open ati drivers between pressing enter on password and desktop showing. However, it's not checkerboard for me, and there are a couple variations - corruption at top/bottom with image shifted a bit, black-and-white coloring but no corruption, or black-and-white with items moved to right and some corruption. Pretty random, anyway, and probably same cause of messing image/texture data somewhere.

Adding three pictures, which are ~full screen photos (screen frame visible in some of them) that are unmodified _except_ for the white rectangles where I just removed the other user names. Everything else happens on the screen.

[Sven Romeike (lun4tic)]

Maybe this one I filed is a duplicate of this Bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nvidia-drivers-ubuntu/+bug/950171

But my screen looks a little different. I have it on both my machines
one fresh 32bit 12.04 install with recent updates
and a 64bit upgraded 11.10 64bit with recent 12.04 updates.

It seems the GPU memorized a strange mixed tiled version of what I had on screen before I restarted my computer. And it's not shown for long. It just keeps looking unprofessional and bugged for a few seconds and then works as intended.

[bluenova (bluenova)]

It certainly seems to be some sort of buffering issue on the GPU.

If I've been on my 11.04 install and then reboot to my 12.04 install I see remnants of the 11.04 when logging in on 12.04.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Alan Pope , as per http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5N32E_SLI/HelpDesk_Download/ an update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (1903). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it change anything?

If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

Once the BIOS is updated, and the information above is provided, then please mark this report Status New.

Thank you for your understanding.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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