I also ran into this issue after upgrading to Trusty (nvidia driver 331.38). Checking "Force full screen redraws" and "Force synchronization between X and GLX" seems to have helped.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1314367 Title: Flickering with Ubuntu 14.04 and nvidia card reappeared Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: As requested in Bug #1310633 I'm opening a new bug. With a previous version of Ubuntu I already had this flickering. With additional options for the kernel module I was able to fix the flickering. options nvidia NVreg_RegistryDwords="PerfLevelSrc=0x2222" NVreg_Mobile=3 NVreg_ModifyDeviceFiles=0 With version 14.04 and the nvidia-331 (331.38-0ubuntu7) driver the flickering reappeared although the line is still present in options.conf. Using modprobe --resolve-alias nvidia I found the correct driver module name which in my case is nvidia_331. Changing the module name in options.conf to nvidia_331 X doesn't start anymore. Removing the NVreg_ModifyDeviceFiles option X is starting again, but does not solve the issue. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 331.38 Wed Jan 8 19:32:30 PST 2014 GCC version: gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Apr 29 21:09:41 2014 DistUpgraded: 2014-04-17 23:47:50,572 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: bbswitch, 0.7, 3.13.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-331, 331.38, 3.13.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed vboxhost, 4.3.10, 3.13.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation GT215GLM [Quadro FX 1800M] [10de:0cbc] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1521] InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-17 (528 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 8540w PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: 3.3V 16-bit PC Card Subdevice 0 (function 0) bound to driver "pata_pcmcia" ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=c6af930a-63f1-4015-9c42-bdde793e3e5a ro quiet splash SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-17 (11 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 09/13/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 68CVD Ver. F.24 dmi.board.name: 1521 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: KBC Version 32.35 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68CVDVer.F.24:bd09/13/2013:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteBook8540w:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1521:rvrKBCVersion32.35:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook 8540w dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0-4ubuntu5 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0-4ubuntu5 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 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 xserver.bootTime: Tue Apr 29 21:06:04 2014 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1314367/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
