Comment 182 for bug 353126

That sounds more reasonable.is there a tutorial for upgrading xorg safely?

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 4:37 PM, nhasian <email address hidden> wrote:
> the bug was due to x.org which was fixed months ago.  unfortunately
> x.org7.5 wasnt released till the end of October which was far too late
> to include
> it in 9.10 Karmic.  Unless you want to manually upgrade your ubuntu to the
> latest version of x.org then i guess we'll have to wait for 10.04 Lucid Lynx
>
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 2:14 PM, chrisolof <email address hidden>
> wrote:
>
>> @jackmetal:  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS
>>
>> I think we need to bring more attention to this bug - and according to
>> the Ubuntu Forums post referenced by Josh (
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-
>> server/+bug/353126/comments/152
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1270527 ) one way to accomplish
>> this would be to get more people to mark themselves as affected by it.
>> Since this bug seems to affect everyone running Ubuntu post 8.10 with
>> Compiz enabled, getting hordes of people to mark themselves as affected
>> should be pretty easy.  Here's a direct link if any of you have any
>> avenues you might want to try:
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-
>> server/+bug/353126/+affectsmetoo
>>
>> Who's on board?
>>
>> --
>> Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI
>> fglrx driver
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353126
>> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
>> of the bug.
>>
>> Status in GNOME Remote Desktop: Incomplete
>> Status in X.Org X server: Confirmed
>> Status in “vino” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>> Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>>
>> Bug description:
>> Binary package hint: compiz
>>
>> When using the nvidia-restricted driver and compiz desktop effects the vnc
>> server will not refresh the screen. This is being caused by the xserver not
>> getting "damaged" by the nvidia-restricted drivers. Linked bugs confirm this
>> is not an issue on intel chipsets or nv driver.
>>
>> Steps to reproduce:
>> Enable desktop-effects (default) with nvidia-restricted driver
>> Enable remote desktop
>> Connect with VNC
>>
>> Results:
>> You see a screen snapshot of your desktop but if you click a menu item
>> there are no updates to the screen.
>> Notes:
>> If you close and restart the vnc session, you get an updated snapshot but
>> still no refreshes.
>>
>> Workarounds:
>> Use the -noxdamage argument with vncviewer. This is really inefficient and
>> bandwidth hungry since the whole screen refreshes.
>> Kill compiz and use a different wm (metacity).
>>
>> This bug has been confirmed by many others with linked reports. Might be an
>> issue with xorg since there is a report of ATI drivers with similar issues
>> in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/328559 .
>>
>
> --
> Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353126
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in GNOME Remote Desktop: Incomplete
> Status in X.Org X server: Confirmed
> Status in “vino” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: compiz
>
> When using the nvidia-restricted driver and compiz desktop effects the vnc server will not refresh the screen. This is being caused by the xserver not getting "damaged" by the nvidia-restricted drivers. Linked bugs confirm this is not an issue on intel chipsets or nv driver.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> Enable desktop-effects (default) with nvidia-restricted driver
> Enable remote desktop
> Connect with VNC
>
> Results:
> You see a screen snapshot of your desktop but if you click a menu item there are no updates to the screen.
> Notes:
> If you close and restart the vnc session, you get an updated snapshot but still no refreshes.
>
> Workarounds:
> Use the -noxdamage argument with vncviewer. This is really inefficient and bandwidth hungry since the whole screen refreshes.
> Kill compiz and use a different wm (metacity).
>
> This bug has been confirmed by many others with linked reports. Might be an issue with xorg since there is a report of ATI drivers with similar issues in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/328559 .
>