Public bug reported: Not sure if this is an actual bug with Ubuntu, or a separate graphics driver issue but I witnessed some very strange artifacts after installing the NVidia Display Drivers (v177) and running the partial system update for Ubuntu 8.10 Beta.
I ran the partial system update Ubuntu kept bugging me about and everything seemed to go fine. Ubuntu prompted me to restart my laptop which went on to do. The usual "Ubuntu shutdown" screen appeared with the orange progress bar and things hung here for a quite a bit longer than normal. Suddenly, my screen went completely black, and a few seconds, later white vertical lines started emerging from the left of the display. These lines continued to move left and fill across the screen while changing colours. At first I thought this was some weird screen saver or display test but it never seemed to end and nothing I tried would stop i. Eventually I forced the laptop to shutdown by holding the power button. Software Info: Ubuntu 8.10 Beta Using "Extra" accelerated graphics under Appearances Settings NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (version 177) [Recommended] Hardware Info: Dell XPS M1130 laptop T8300 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo with 3GB Ram NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Weird Graphics Artifacts during reset after Partial Update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/286928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs