[Bug 471224] Re: [Jaunty, Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled
[Expired for compiz (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Expired -- [Jaunty,Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/471224 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
[Bug 471224] Re: [Jaunty, Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled
@Steffen, while turning Compiz off stopped the flicker, I still doubt this is a compiz problem. Could you test the nouveau drivers with Compiz? You could also try out the most recent NVidia drivers now available. @oranges, I am glad that worked for you. ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: New = Incomplete -- [Jaunty,Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/471224 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
[Bug 471224] Re: [Jaunty, Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled
Alright. It worked on the other computers as well. -- [Jaunty,Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/471224 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
[Bug 471224] Re: [Jaunty, Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled
It might just be my subjective impression but it seems that the issue got slightly better with the regular updates. Though it becoming better it's still far from being fixed so I ultimately decided to turn compiz effects off. Seems to be a real tricky issue as this happens in different environments and with different symptoms. (e.g. for me, flickering happens using the notebook's LCD or see also Rohan Agrawal's identical bug) -- [Jaunty,Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/471224 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
[Bug 471224] Re: [Jaunty, Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled
@Weather: Alright, I will do as you recommended. Any tipps what to post with that bug report? Any log or xorg file or something? @Steffen: Turning off Compiz works for you? I have this even if I have Compiz off. It's really strange. Has someone tried updating to the newest 195 Beta drivers from Nvidia? Oranges -- [Jaunty,Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/471224 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
[Bug 471224] Re: [Jaunty, Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled
Just wanted to let you guys know. I installed the newest 195 Beta drivers from the Nvidia page. I followed the this guide - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=990978 and uninstalled the 180 drivers first. It actually works. The screen flickering is gone. I have been using this for like 25min now. No problems so far. Read the bug fix and new features the newer drivers provide - very nice. So, I will not be opening a new bug report, because the new drivers fix this known issue. I had a problem with netbook-launcher as well. It was always using up 100% while using it on my laptop with the older 180 drivers ( I know, it is meant for netbooks, but I like it on my big screen, like a media center ). This seems to be fixed now, too. Oranges -- [Jaunty,Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/471224 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
[Bug 471224] Re: [Jaunty, Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled
PS: I will be testing this on two other machines that had this problem and report back. It should do the trick though. Please post if you have success with this. At least we know for sure what it was then. Oranges -- [Jaunty,Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/471224 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
[Bug 471224] Re: [Jaunty, Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled
Hey guys, I have the same problem. I have been looking everywhere for an answer - this is very annoying! It is happening on my laptop, as soon as it gets hooked up (via VGA-OUT) to my external LCD. It flickers for 1/10 of a second e v e r y few seconds, making the system unusable. It's disturbing on a big screen. I did n o t have this problem on Jaunty, though. I have tried Kubuntu, Ubuntu, UNR (all Karmic) - all with the same result. What to do? I have the same video card: 7300go with 185 drivers. If I use the 173 drivers, I can't even access or make it work via nvidia xconfig. What's up there?? O,o Is there any way to fix this? Oranges -- [Jaunty,Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/471224 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
[Bug 471224] Re: [Jaunty, Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled
BTW: This happens at random all the time ( for me ). The only time this does not happen is when watching a video/movie. This doesn't happen when using the internal/built in laptop lcd - only when plugging in and using the external lcd via vga-out. Oranges -- [Jaunty,Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/471224 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
[Bug 471224] Re: [Jaunty, Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled
oranges, because video issues are very tricky to deal with, it is probably best to file a new bug report with all the details of your system. Feel free to mention that your bug might be similar to this one, as that will help us out. Also, feel free to subscribe me to your report, and I can help you gather additional information that we might need. -- [Jaunty,Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/471224 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
[Bug 471224] Re: [Jaunty, Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled
This happened to me too, on my old laptop, a Dell Latitude D820 with an NVidia Quadro NVS120M video card, but as far as I can remember, it happened to me after disabling compiz too, so it's likely an NVidia bug, so the ubuntu bug list might not be the best place to report it... unfortunately -- [Jaunty,Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/471224 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
[Bug 471224] Re: [Jaunty, Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled
A bug that is almost identical is https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/444967 -- [Jaunty,Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/471224 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
[Bug 471224] Re: [Jaunty, Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled
This is likely the same as a known bug related to some work being done to the kernel. The flickers are not really reproducible and varies from hardware to hardware. Just make sure that the system gets updated because this problem is related to the video drivers. Various manufacturers are slowly getting their drivers updated. -- [Jaunty,Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/471224 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
[Bug 471224] Re: [Jaunty, Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled
Hi evfool, in my case flickering doesn't appear when compiz is turned off. Theres also no flickering in 3D-games (like sauerbraten or nexuiz) Weathergod: Yep, flickers are not reproducible although it seemed to be better when using the previous nvidia 173 drivers. This beeing a problem related to the video drivers means that I have to wait for a new version of those proprietary nvidia drivers? -- [Jaunty,Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/471224 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
[Bug 471224] Re: [Jaunty, Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled
Steffen, Updates to the proprietary nvidia drivers will help. Also, updates to the kernel will also help. On my Fedora 11 system (no compiz), the flickers happened fairly frequently (a few times a day), but over the summer, it reduced to at most once a week and there was no upgrade to the proprietary drivers. I have no clue how well the noveau team is doing with their open-source drivers. -- [Jaunty,Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/471224 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
[Bug 471224] Re: [Jaunty, Karmic] screen flickers black randomly with nvidia 185driver and compiz enabled
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