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Wolter HV (wolterh) wrote : Re: [Bug 1192028] Re: Compiz refresh rate resets to 50 Hz automatically w/ Nvidia proprietary driver

Incredible Christopher :) A bug that compiz kept pushing back you fixed in
no time!

On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 8:10 AM, Launchpad Bug Tracker <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> ** Branch linked: lp:~townsend/compiz/fix-composite-refresh-rate
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1192028
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> Title:
> Compiz refresh rate resets to 50 Hz automatically w/ Nvidia
> proprietary driver
>
> Status in Compiz:
> In Progress
> Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
> Triaged
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
> In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> There have been similar bug reports to this one, such as bug #1009338
> and bug #1027868, but I believe this case is different.
>
> The problem I am having is that even after I set the refresh rate
> options in compiz to 60 Hz (after disabling the "Detect Refresh Rate"
> option), a reboot will have the settings revert. If I change settings in
> the compiz config settings manager, they should remain even after a reboot.
> ---
> .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory:
> u'/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
> .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
> .proc.driver.nvidia.version:
> NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 313.30 Wed Mar 27
> 16:56:45 PDT 2013
> GCC version: gcc version 4.7.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.3-1ubuntu1)
> .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
>
> ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1
> Architecture: amd64
> CompizPlugins:
> [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,staticswitcher,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,dbus]
> CompositorRunning: compiz
> CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
> CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
> DistUpgraded: 2013-04-28 10:18:35,447 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
> DistroCodename: raring
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
> DistroVariant: ubuntu
> GraphicsCard:
> NVIDIA Corporation G84M [GeForce 8600M GT] [10de:0407] (rev a1)
> (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:022e]
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-16 (611 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64
> (20111012)
> MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS M1530
> MarkForUpload: True
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: compiz 1:0.9.9~daily13.04.18.1~13.04-0ubuntu1
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-23-generic
> root=UUID=67324911-aae9-47ca-a177-6c818959ed59 ro quiet splash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-23.34-generic 3.8.11
> Tags: raring raring ubuntu compiz-0.9
> Uname: Linux 3.8.0-23-generic x86_64
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-28 (50 days ago)
> UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fuse lpadmin netdev
> plugdev sambashare vboxusers video
> dmi.bios.date: 11/19/2008
> dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: A12
> dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.chassis.type: 8
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA12:bd11/19/2008:svnDellInc.:pnXPSM1530:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
> dmi.product.name: XPS M1530
> dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
> version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.9~daily13.04.18.1~13.04-0ubuntu1
> version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36
> version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.43-0ubuntu1
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.1.1-0ubuntu3
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
> version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.1.1-0ubuntu3
> version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
> version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6
> version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev
> 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2b2
> version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.1.0-0ubuntu2
> version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.21.6-0ubuntu4
> version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:1.0.7-0ubuntu1
> xserver.bootTime: Mon Jun 17 17:22:09 2013
> xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> xserver.errors:
>
> xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> xserver.outputs:
>
> xserver.version: 2:1.13.3-0ubuntu6
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