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flowingfire (flowingfire) wrote : Kubuntu Login "Slides Around the Screen" at 1280x1024 + 3 other errors with NVIDIA GeForce 6150

The login screen is not static on my computer at startup or on any login after a log-out. If I move my mouse to the side, the whole screen slides over to that direction. There are four specific and related errors that I will cover in this post.

My system and hardware:
I'm running Kubuntu 7.04 feisty fawn. My graphics card is NVIDIA GEforce 6150. The resolution I have my card set at is 1280x1024, optimal for my monitor. Processor: AMD 64.

Problem 1: The login screen slides around. I move the mouse, the whole screen moves, login fields and all.
Problem 2: If I log out, the mouse disappears completely when I log back in. I have to blindly wander my way around hoping the invisible mouse is somehow over what I want to click. This is on EVERY logout-login. A complete restart is necessary to undo this problem.
Problem 3: The original out-of-the-box NVIDIA setup would not let my NVIDIA 6150 display beyond 800x600. Installing an NVIDIA package from ADEPT fixed the problem promptly, but then all these errors start happening.
Problem 4: When I click "test," in the display settings area, it gets stuck, requiring a restart. All unsaved data lost.

I re-installed the first time this happened. After the re-installation, all the same problems happened again, indicating to me that this is a consistent bug that needs to be worked out.

Honestly, this release is so buggy I don't know what to do with it. I like it enough to put up with the bugs, I guess... But please fix.

Thank you for the support,
-New Kubuntu User who is hoping Linux is all it's cracked up to be.