Comment 11 for bug 300870

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Druciferre (drewchapin) wrote : Re: [Bug 300870] Re: nvidia twinview - dialogue centering and fullscreen media players

I am unable to install the nVidia 180.44 driver. There is no package in the
64bit repository for Intrepid Ibex, and the download page you linked to only
contains a .run for x86 32bit systems. If you can point me to a 64 bit
version of the driver, I'll be happy to test it for you.

Output of *uname -a *
*Linux anubis 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:28:32 UTC 2009 x86_64
GNU/Linux*

Also, I'm not entirely convinced that this is a bug with the nvidia driver.
I believe it is simply something with the window manager.

- Drew Chapin

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 15:53, Bryce Harrington <email address hidden>wrote:

>
> [This is an automated message]
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> In Jaunty (9.04), we have just updated to the latest
> nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package from nVidia, version 180.44.
>
> This package provides fixes for a large number of bugs, and we need your
> assistance in testing if it fixes the issue you reported.
>
> To do this, please do the following:
>
> a. Update to the 180.44 version of -nvidia using your favorite update
> method
>
> b. Attempt to reproduce your bug
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> c. If your bug still remains, please simply reply to this email
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> d. If your bug is now solved, you can help us by setting your bug
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> e. If the original problem is solved but there are now other problems,
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> http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_180.44.html
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> --
> nvidia twinview - dialogue centering and fullscreen media players
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/300870
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> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-180” source package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> I have nVidia TwinView setup under Ubuntu 8.10. My card is a 8500 GT from
> PNY. I have attached my xorg.conf. Most things tend to work as I would
> expect them to. For example when I maximise firefox it only takes up one
> monitor. However, some things are just minor but yet annoying. For example,
> when various dialogues come up like the gksu password prompt. It is centered
> between both monitors, as in half of the dialogue appears on one monitor and
> half on the other. The same can be said for various full screen media
> players like Adobe Flash. Also, OpenOffice Presentation. When viewing the
> slide show. I have attached screenshots so you can clearly see what I'm
> talking about. The red line indicates where the monitors are divided. Is
> there something I can do to fix this?
>
> xorg.conf
> http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/324709/TwinView/xorg.conf
>
> lspci -vvnn
> http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/324709/TwinView/lspci-vvnn.txt
>
> Xorg.0.log
> http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/324709/TwinView/Xorg.0.log
>
> Xorg.0.log.old
> http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/324709/TwinView/Xorg.0.log.old
>
> OpenOffice.org Presentation
> http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/324709/TwinView/Screenshot.png
>
> YouTube Flash Player
> http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/324709/TwinView/vlcsnap-2955947.png
>
> gksu login prompt - my main concern as it is the most annoying
> http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/324709/TwinView/vlcsnap-2956967.png
>