I think I'm using the Nouveau driver:
From /var/log/Xorg.0.log:
[ 26.100] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
[ 26.101] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
[ 26.108] (II) Module nouveau: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 26.108] compiled for 1.8.99.905, module version = 0.0.16
[ 26.108] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 26.108] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0
[ 26.120] (II) LoadModule: "nv"
[ 26.121] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so
[ 26.133] (II) Module nv: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 26.133] compiled for 1.8.99.905, module version = 2.1.17
[ 26.133] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 26.133] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0
[ 26.133] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[ 26.134] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[ 26.141] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 26.141] compiled for 1.8.99.905, module version = 2.3.0
[ 26.141] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 26.141] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0
[ 26.141] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[ 26.142] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[ 26.150] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 26.150] compiled for 1.8.99.905, module version = 0.4.2
[ 26.150] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0
[ 26.150] (II) NOUVEAU driver Date: Thu Aug 5 00:40:40 2010 +0200
[ 26.150] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
[ 26.150] RIVA TNT (NV04)
[ 26.150] RIVA TNT2 (NV05)
[ 26.150] GeForce 256 (NV10)
[ 26.150] GeForce 2 (NV11, NV15)
[ 26.150] GeForce 4MX (NV17, NV18)
[ 26.150] GeForce 3 (NV20)
[ 26.150] GeForce 4Ti (NV25, NV28)
[ 26.150] GeForce FX (NV3x)
[ 26.150] GeForce 6 (NV4x)
[ 26.151] GeForce 7 (G7x)
[ 26.151] GeForce 8 (G8x)
[ 26.151] (II) NOUVEAU driver Date: Thu Aug 5 00:40:40 2010 +0200
[ 26.151] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
[ 26.151] RIVA TNT (NV04)
[ 26.151] RIVA TNT2 (NV05)
[ 26.151] GeForce 256 (NV10)
[ 26.151] GeForce 2 (NV11, NV15)
[ 26.151] GeForce 4MX (NV17, NV18)
[ 26.151] GeForce 3 (NV20)
[ 26.151] GeForce 4Ti (NV25, NV28)
[ 26.151] GeForce FX (NV3x)
[ 26.151] GeForce 6 (NV4x)
[ 26.151] GeForce 7 (G7x)
[ 26.151] GeForce 8 (G8x)
[ 26.151] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[ 26.151] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[ 26.152] (++) using VT number 7
I tried emacs22. It doesn't have the problem. Presently I just run emacs on a RedHat machine and forward the X11 packets to my Ubuntu box as a workaround.
Hi Era,
I think I'm using the Nouveau driver: Xorg.0. log: xorg/modules/ drivers/ nouveau_ drv.so xorg/modules/ drivers/ nv_drv. so xorg/modules/ drivers/ vesa_drv. so xorg/modules/ drivers/ fbdev_drv. so
From /var/log/
[ 26.100] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
[ 26.101] (II) Loading /usr/lib/
[ 26.108] (II) Module nouveau: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 26.108] compiled for 1.8.99.905, module version = 0.0.16
[ 26.108] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 26.108] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0
[ 26.120] (II) LoadModule: "nv"
[ 26.121] (II) Loading /usr/lib/
[ 26.133] (II) Module nv: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 26.133] compiled for 1.8.99.905, module version = 2.1.17
[ 26.133] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 26.133] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0
[ 26.133] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[ 26.134] (II) Loading /usr/lib/
[ 26.141] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 26.141] compiled for 1.8.99.905, module version = 2.3.0
[ 26.141] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 26.141] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0
[ 26.141] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[ 26.142] (II) Loading /usr/lib/
[ 26.150] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 26.150] compiled for 1.8.99.905, module version = 0.4.2
[ 26.150] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0
[ 26.150] (II) NOUVEAU driver Date: Thu Aug 5 00:40:40 2010 +0200
[ 26.150] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
[ 26.150] RIVA TNT (NV04)
[ 26.150] RIVA TNT2 (NV05)
[ 26.150] GeForce 256 (NV10)
[ 26.150] GeForce 2 (NV11, NV15)
[ 26.150] GeForce 4MX (NV17, NV18)
[ 26.150] GeForce 3 (NV20)
[ 26.150] GeForce 4Ti (NV25, NV28)
[ 26.150] GeForce FX (NV3x)
[ 26.150] GeForce 6 (NV4x)
[ 26.151] GeForce 7 (G7x)
[ 26.151] GeForce 8 (G8x)
[ 26.151] (II) NOUVEAU driver Date: Thu Aug 5 00:40:40 2010 +0200
[ 26.151] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
[ 26.151] RIVA TNT (NV04)
[ 26.151] RIVA TNT2 (NV05)
[ 26.151] GeForce 256 (NV10)
[ 26.151] GeForce 2 (NV11, NV15)
[ 26.151] GeForce 4MX (NV17, NV18)
[ 26.151] GeForce 3 (NV20)
[ 26.151] GeForce 4Ti (NV25, NV28)
[ 26.151] GeForce FX (NV3x)
[ 26.151] GeForce 6 (NV4x)
[ 26.151] GeForce 7 (G7x)
[ 26.151] GeForce 8 (G8x)
[ 26.151] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[ 26.151] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[ 26.152] (++) using VT number 7
I tried emacs22. It doesn't have the problem. Presently I just run emacs on a RedHat machine and forward the X11 packets to my Ubuntu box as a workaround.
Thanks,
Peter