Comment 10 for bug 109199
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| Sitsofe Wheeler (sitsofe) wrote Re: [nvidia-glx-new] Kubuntu Login "Slides Around the Screen" at 1280x1024 + 3 other errors with NVIDIA GeForce 6150 | #10 |
Wow, a mega large comment!
flowingfire:
It sounds like this is actually more of a support query than a bug report and you may get faster, higher quality responses posting your issues to https:/
> "the login screen -still- slides around"
I have a distant memory that you need to be careful about the order resolutions are listed in within xorg.conf . On the line Modes "1280x1024@60" "1280x960@75" make sure that the resolutions that come further to the right are not larger than the ones on the left. You may also want to remove resolutions you will absolutely never use.
> "Then my screen actually lined up correctly at the right resolution"
If the resolution was wrong out of the box (with the open source drivers) then that would be an ideal candidate for a bug of its own. The misalignment is down to the open source drivers probing monitors differently to the binary linux/windows nvidia drivers. Assuming your monitor is connected via an analog cable you can fix it by getting the monitor to auto adjust.
> "I tried to install Java and it broke all sorts of things rendering the operating system unusable"
That's awful! Installing java should never do that. Assuming you installed it from the Ubuntu repositories (and the problem is reproducible) you should definitely file a bug on that. Having to reinstall to recover just makes the problem doubly bad.
> "But my applications black out all the time"
You might want to take a look at Bug #96473 .
> "I feel like I've stretched myself for this OS"
That's the way it goes I'm afraid. I've noticed things tend to work best for those who use them the most but I'm not for people torturing themselves trying to get stuff going under Linux. If it's that bad I suggest staying with WIndows for now and perhaps retrying a new live cd in six months time?