nvidia glx 96 driver bugs

Bug #310164 reported by Alexandros
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nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: nvidia-glx-96

Bugs found under Ubuntu 8.10 with an nvidia geforce mx 440 graphics card:

1)OpenOffice and Wine menu texts either not shown at all or not shown properly.
Steps to reproduce:
1)With the driver installed and enabled, open an application with Wine or the OpenOffice.org word processor.
What happens:
The menu's text is either not shown at all or shown but is illegible.
What should happen:
This problem should not exist.

2)Screen refresh rate improper values.
The screen refresh rates should be instead of 50 and 51 Hz, 60 and 75 Hz respectively.
Steps to reproduce:
1)Go to System>Preferences>Screen Resolution (in Gnome):
2)Have a look at the screen refresh rate values.
What should happen:
Screen refresh rates should be as mentioned.
What happens:
If I set the refresh rate to 50 Hz, my monitor says that it is actually 60 Hz. If I set it to 51 Hz, the monitor says that it is actually 75Hz.

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Sitsofe Wheeler (sitsofe) wrote :

The screen refresh "issue" is mentioned on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia#Incorrect%20Refresh%20Rate%20Reported .

(It's dangerous to bunch lots of issues up together in one bug. It makes it more likely the entire bug will have to be closed because the bug becomes unfocussed...). It is safer to keep each issue in its own bug report.

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