System: kubuntu natty 11.04, kde-4.7, all latest updates applied
This began yesterday (03 Aug 2011) after the kernel/nvidia updates were applied. There are two problems:
1. The fonts have become so light, that the screen is unreadable. The problem appears to be that the characters are being rendered too thin. I have to set the fonts to bold to make the screen useable at all. I have tried changing font settings in systemsettings > application appearance > fonts, both size and font style. I have also tried changing fonts -- the fonts do change, but the rendering problem remains. I have also tried forcing the dpi setting, does not solve the problem. The problem also exists in gtk applications like firefox, and changing the settings in systemsettings does not fix it.
2. The fonts shrink in size. All steps mentioned in (1) tried.
Restarting X server, rebooting, etc, don't solve the problem.
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.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.1: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/1'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 280.13 Wed Jul 27 16:53:56 PDT 2011
GCC version: gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4)
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,scale,session,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: kwin
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: natty
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
DistroVariant: kubuntu
DkmsStatus:
virtualbox-ose, 4.0.4, 2.6.38-11-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-current, 280.13, 2.6.38-11-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce 9800 GT] [10de:0605] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:062d]
nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce 9800 GT] [10de:0605] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:062d]
JockeyStatus:
xorg:nvidia_173 - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
MachineType: Dell Inc XPS 630i
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3.1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro text
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8
Renderer: Unknown
Tags: natty possible-manual-nvidia-install kubuntu patch
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom clamav dialout fax fuse games lp lpadmin mail plugdev pulse-access sambashare tty users vboxusers
dmi.bios.date: 05/05/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.0.13
dmi.board.name: 0PP150
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc
dmi.chassis.version: Unknow
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.0.13:bd05/05/2009:svnDellInc:pnXPS630i:pvrUnknow:rvnDellInc:rn0PP150:rvrA00:cvnDellInc:ct3:cvrUnknow:
dmi.product.name: XPS 630i
dmi.product.version: Unknow
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110606-0ubuntu1~natty2
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu13
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.24+git20110330.5cb554a0-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11.0+git20110328.5d7c27f5-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental 7.11.0+git20110328.5d7c27f5-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11.0+git20110328.5d7c27f5-0ubuntu0sarvatt
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A
"Yesterday" above should read 02 Aug 2011 - I can't read the screen well enough to catch these errors!