Screen corruption while scrolling gnome-system-monitor process list

[f3a97]

Hi,
     after some scrolling in the gnome-system-monitor process list, the list itself gets corrupted.

I don't know which package should be blamed, but the problem don't seem to be present in all gtk lists - for example, scrolling in the rythmbox song list works correctly.

I attach a screenshot which clarifies this issue.

I'm using Hardy up to date, NVIDIA drivers, metacity.

Let me know if you need any other info.

ste@ste-ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04

ste@ste-ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy gnome-system-monitor
gnome-system-monitor:
  Installed: 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 2.22.1-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://sm.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.22.0-1ubuntu3 0
        500 http://sm.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages

ste@ste-ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-glx
nvidia-glx:
  Installed: 1:96.43.05+2.6.24.13-19.44
  Candidate: 1:96.43.05+2.6.24.13-19.44
  Version table:
 *** 1:96.43.05+2.6.24.13-19.44 0
        500 http://sm.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:96.43.05+2.6.24.13-18.41 0
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Packages
     1:96.43.05+2.6.24.12-16.34 0
        500 http://sm.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages

ste@ste-ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-kernel-common
nvidia-kernel-common:
  Installed: 20051028+1ubuntu8
  Candidate: 20051028+1ubuntu8
  Version table:
 *** 20051028+1ubuntu8 0
        500 http://sm.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[f3a97 (f3a97)]

One last thing, perhaps it is useful.

If I place the mouse over the currupted lines, they are re-drawed and rendered correctly.

[drspinderwalf (drspinderwalf)]

I believe it is NVidia drivers - Once I upgraded from Onboard to a Geforce, the corruption started. Beforehand, it was fine.

Also, my old Dell laptop (equipped with a Geforce Go) had the same problems once upgraded to Hardy (but worked fine under Gutsy)

[evolipel (mlepilov)]

Same problem here with a Dell Inspiron 8100 (Hardy installation, nvidia GeForce2 Go, using nvidia's proprietary drivers).

I don't know if this is useful or not, but some corruption also happens with lists in Nicotine+ (Downloads, Search, etc.). It's not nearly as bad as the sort in System Monitor, though. Maybe the fact that the System Monitor list refreshes often is the cause.

No list corruption happens on my desktop, also using Hardy with nvidia's proprietary drivers. The desktop may use the -new driver package from nvidia; I'm not sure. It has a GeForce 6800GT.

[xteejx (xteejx-deactivatedaccount)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

[f3a97 (f3a97)]

Hi Teej,
     sorry for not giving info anymore, I forgot about that.

The problem is definitely fixed, no more issues now!

I can say that up to me, this is solved both in Hardy and Intrepid.

Thanks again and keep up with the great work!

2008/12/5 Teej <email address hidden>

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been
> any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue
> for you? Can you try with latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> Screen corruption while scrolling gnome-system-monitor process list
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246099
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Hi,
> after some scrolling in the gnome-system-monitor process list, the list
> itself gets corrupted.
>
> I don't know which package should be blamed, but the problem don't seem to
> be present in all gtk lists - for example, scrolling in the rythmbox song
> list works correctly.
>
> I attach a screenshot which clarifies this issue.
>
> I'm using Hardy up to date, NVIDIA drivers, metacity.
>
> Let me know if you need any other info.
>
> ste@ste-ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
> Release: 8.04
>
> ste@ste-ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy gnome-system-monitor
> gnome-system-monitor:
> Installed: 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
> Candidate: 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
> Version table:
> *** 2.22.1-0ubuntu2 0
> 500 http://sm.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 2.22.0-1ubuntu3 0
> 500 http://sm.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
>
> ste@ste-ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-glx
> nvidia-glx:
> Installed: 1:96.43.05+2.6.24.13-19.44
> Candidate: 1:96.43.05+2.6.24.13-19.44
> Version table:
> *** 1:96.43.05+2.6.24.13-19.44 0
> 500 http://sm.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 1:96.43.05+2.6.24.13-18.41 0
> 500 http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Packages
> 1:96.43.05+2.6.24.12-16.34 0
> 500 http://sm.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
>
> ste@ste-ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-kernel-common
> nvidia-kernel-common:
> Installed: 20051028+1ubuntu8
> Candidate: 20051028+1ubuntu8
> Version table:
> *** 20051028+1ubuntu8 0
> 500 http://sm.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>

[xteejx (xteejx-deactivatedaccount)]

Thank you, you're very welcome :)
Marking Fix Released - see above

[mankyd (mankyd)]

Can we reopen this bug? It is still an issue for me (has been for awhile.) It happens in a variety of programs (Firefox mostly.) It happens after I have had the system running for a long while (on the order of a few days.)

nvidia driver 177.82 on a 8300GS.

Interestingly enough, it has never happened on my computer at home - a 6600GT

I can provide whatever other information might be useful.

[Spazzy (spazzy-head)]

I concur - this is not fixed. Problem still exists in Intrepid with:

Driver: nvidia 177.82
Hardware: nvidia GeForce 8300 GS

Like the previous post, I don't experience this problem on other nvidia hardware, namely a GeForce 8400 M and GeForce 8600 GT.

Not sure if this is useful, but the following unrelated performance fix from http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=115916 seems to temporarily alleviate the problem:

nvidia-settings -a InitialPixmapPlacement=2 -a GlyphCache=1

[evolipel (mlepilov)]

Thirded - not fixed for me as well. I'm running an up-to-date Hardy setup (see my post above).

How do we get someone to reopen the bug?

[Spazzy (spazzy-head)]

While it doesn't address the problem with the 177.82 driver, upgrading to 180.11 by installing the "nvidia-180-modaliases" package has fixed this problem for me.

[Phil Ayres (ayres-phil)]

This is a bug for me. My configuration is a Dell Latitude D800 using NVIDIA proprietary driver version 96. I tend to get horrible scrolling performance in any Firefox that is graphically rich (or maybe that's Adobe Flash doing that) , but nothing that corrupts like this.

System Monitor: 2.26.0.1 running on Jaunty 9.04. Previously 8.10 was equally bad.

[f3a97 (f3a97)]

Hi Phil,
      this is not a solution to this bug, but what about trying the nouveau
driver?

It's opensource from scratch and is included in Jaunty.

Too bad up to now 3D is not supported, but if you use 2D-only stuff like me,
I think you'll be quite happy.

I'm using it on a couple of PCs and so far I'm very happy, no issues found.
And it solved also some screen corruption issues I was having before with nv
and close driver.

If you want to give it a try:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_904_nouveau&num=1

2009/5/5 Phil Ayres <email address hidden>

> This is a bug for me. My configuration is a Dell Latitude D800 using
> NVIDIA proprietary driver version 96. I tend to get horrible scrolling
> performance in any Firefox that is graphically rich (or maybe that's
> Adobe Flash doing that) , but nothing that corrupts like this.
>
> System Monitor: 2.26.0.1 running on Jaunty 9.04. Previously 8.10 was
> equally bad.
>
> --
> Screen corruption while scrolling gnome-system-monitor process list
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246099
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in Ubuntu: Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Hi,
> after some scrolling in the gnome-system-monitor process list, the list
> itself gets corrupted.
>
> I don't know which package should be blamed, but the problem don't seem to
> be present in all gtk lists - for example, scrolling in the rythmbox song
> list works correctly.
>
> I attach a screenshot which clarifies this issue.
>
> I'm using Hardy up to date, NVIDIA drivers, metacity.
>
> Let me know if you need any other info.
>
> ste@ste-ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
> Release: 8.04
>
> ste@ste-ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy gnome-system-monitor
> gnome-system-monitor:
> Installed: 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
> Candidate: 2.22.1-0ubuntu2
> Version table:
> *** 2.22.1-0ubuntu2 0
> 500 http://sm.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 2.22.0-1ubuntu3 0
> 500 http://sm.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
>
> ste@ste-ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-glx
> nvidia-glx:
> Installed: 1:96.43.05+2.6.24.13-19.44
> Candidate: 1:96.43.05+2.6.24.13-19.44
> Version table:
> *** 1:96.43.05+2.6.24.13-19.44 0
> 500 http://sm.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 1:96.43.05+2.6.24.13-18.41 0
> 500 http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Packages
> 1:96.43.05+2.6.24.12-16.34 0
> 500 http://sm.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
>
> ste@ste-ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-kernel-common
> nvidia-kernel-common:
> Installed: 20051028+1ubuntu8
> Candidate: 20051028+1ubuntu8
> Version table:
> *** 20051028+1ubuntu8 0
> 500 http://sm.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>

[Spazzy (spazzy-head)]

It's back, albeit on a different machine, GPU and Ubuntu version

Ubuntu: 9.10
Driver: nvidia 185.18.36
Hardware: nvidia GeForce 8400 GS

Seriously, is there any point in commenting on this ticket given it was first raised 3.5 years ago and is still a problem? Maybe this is the wrong ticket?

[Spazzy (spazzy-head)]

Errr...make that 1.5 years. They don't call me spazzy for nothing