Extensive flicker on NVIDIA since yesterday's update

[teledyn]

I did an apt-get upgrade yesterday and rebooted, and since then my desktop windows flicker on changes enough to make the system difficult to use. For example, pop-ups on chrome will flicker between two spots over and over and continue to flicker so long as I am typing (happening right now on each keystroke typing here, fragments of a Chrome plugin notification will alternate positions on each keystroke).

Also in chrome, changing tabs will cause the previous and next tab to flicker alternating rapidly for a moment before the new selection is set. This effect happens changing any windows so it isn't peculiar to Chrome. I noticed also that on rebooting after the upgrade, the settings for my two monitor display had been reset to the defaults.

Prior to the update, the window manager was working fine.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 337.19 Tue Apr 29 19:58:58 PDT 2014
 GCC version: gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1)
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed May 7 06:58:00 2014
DistUpgraded: 2014-04-22 17:13:20,565 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 bbswitch, 0.7, 3.13.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-337, 337.19, 3.13.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [GeForce GT 540M] [10de:0df4] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: COMPAL Electronics Inc Device [14c0:0059]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-04-27 (739 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
MachineType: ZaReason STRATA
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=ab4d27fc-a13d-4bdd-a971-8e647d4c356e ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-22 (14 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/30/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE
dmi.bios.version: Strata
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: STRATA
dmi.board.vendor: ZaReason
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Chassis Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ZaReason
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDE:bvrStrata:bd08/30/2011:svnZaReason:pnSTRATA:pvrStrata:rvnZaReason:rnSTRATA:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnZaReason:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: STRATA
dmi.product.version: Strata
dmi.sys.vendor: ZaReason
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140423-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.54+git20140505.5126fcb2-0ubuntu0ricotz~trusty
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.3.0~git20140505.97a70f26-0ubuntu0ricotz~trusty
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.3.0~git20140505.97a70f26-0ubuntu0ricotz~trusty
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
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
xserver.bootTime: Tue May 6 23:23:08 2014
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:

xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

teledyn, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p xorg 1317046

Please ensure you have xdiagnose installed, and that you click the Yes button for attaching additional debugging information. As well, please note given that the information from the prior release is already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one would not be helpful.

Thank you for your understanding.

Helpful bug reporting tips:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for xorg (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]