[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2009-03-30 Thread glennric
I created my own package using the driver downloaded from nvidia's website. The package is available from my launchpad ppa. Add the following repository to install it: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/glennric/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.

Re: [Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2009-03-30 Thread kulight
On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 11:51 +, glennric wrote: > The persistent artifacts are finally gone with the 173.14.18 nvidia > drivers. I have a GeForce FX 5200 card, which does not work with the > 180 series nvidia drivers. Of course the artifacts are still there, > they just flash and disappear jus

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2009-03-30 Thread glennric
The persistent artifacts are finally gone with the 173.14.18 nvidia drivers. I have a GeForce FX 5200 card, which does not work with the 180 series nvidia drivers. Of course the artifacts are still there, they just flash and disappear just like with any other video card. -- artifacts in Intrepi

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2009-02-14 Thread exzemat
I'm using nvidia 180.22 now (https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu-trunk-0.22/+archive/ppa) nothing change! I've always artifacts! are you sure that this problems come to nvidia drivers ? to my mind, it's a awn... -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2733

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2009-01-19 Thread Mark Lee
Same here. ** Changed in: avant-window-navigator (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273326 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ub

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2009-01-19 Thread Mark Lee
Marking invalid, as this is a driver issue. ** Changed in: awn Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273326 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2009-01-16 Thread Chris Wood
Just a note, the following is found in the notes for version 180.22 of the Nvidia drivers: "Fixed a regression that could result in window decoration corruption when running Compiz using Geforce 6 and 7 series GPUs." -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bug

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2009-01-15 Thread exzemat
now i use only trash applet I have white box when applet is moving if I do an right-select on the applet and "clear all customs icon" the problem disappear strange -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273326 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2009-01-11 Thread Mark Lee
Inspired, please see the following comments: https://bugs.launchpad.net/awn/+bug/273326/comments/25 https://bugs.launchpad.net/awn/+bug/309864/comments/7 https://bugs.launchpad.net/awn/+bug/309864/comments/9 -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273326

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2009-01-11 Thread Inspired
I found this page whilst looking for info on this issue with Avant. I have what seems to be the same ploblem... artifacts consisting of white boxes and white lines appearing in Avant when it first loads (at which point only the platform and a bunch of lines appear) through to when it resizes and

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2009-01-11 Thread exzemat
i have activate 180 in synaptic now, i've artefacts juste after the boot when applets move. after 5 minutes everythings is all right intrepid 8.10 +nvidia 8400 gs +awn 0.2.6 i am tried awn bzr, i've the same problemes -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/b

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2009-01-10 Thread lucianob
search nvidia on synaptic and pick anything with a 180 in the name I have intrepid 64bits and i have the drivers. the artifacts are gone. the packages are: nvidia-glx-180 nvidia-180-kernel-source -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273326 You received

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2009-01-10 Thread KWolf
That fix (nvidia driver) is still not available for 64bit. I can't find it in backports nor in regular updates... trying to install nvidia- graphics-drivers-180 says not found... -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273326 You received this bug notific

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2009-01-07 Thread Photon
I've found the second link, too, and wondered what happened, but I couldn't find anything about the new driver in Synaptics and activating the backports was the only thing to solve the problem. But, however, the driver is installable on one or another way and the bug is gone now. :) -- artifacts

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2009-01-07 Thread enyone
And where is the 64bit version of that driver available (Intrepid) ? -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273326 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubu

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2009-01-07 Thread Julien Lavergne
Good :) Thanks for the test. The drivers are available in the ubuntu/intrepid-updates, so you don't need to activate the backports. You only need to install the nvidia- graphics-drivers-180 package. The changelog mention intrepid-backport but its' in updates in reality :) See : https://lists.ubu

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2009-01-07 Thread Photon
Everything perfect now with the new driver. Btw, maybe you should mention that the driver package is avaible in the backports only. :) -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273326 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2009-01-07 Thread Julien Lavergne
Nvidia drivers 180.11 are available in today updates. Can people who have the problem try with this new drivers and report any problem with it and AWN ? Thanks. -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273326 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2009-01-01 Thread Guillaume Lanquepin
@lucianob I use beta drivers without troubles, not too unstable. If you don't use your computer for production, I guess you can use it. But do what you want ;-) -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273326 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2009-01-01 Thread lucianob
i have had a weird experience, I've changed my nvidia 8400 for a nvida 7600. The artifacts didnt appear with the 8400 but they do now with the 7600. :P I hope the change of launchbar last because I don't want to try some beta drivers -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.l

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2008-12-04 Thread glennric
Do those of you who claim the bug is gone with the new 180.06 drivers still see the white boxes, lines, or general artifacts when the tray is resized? Those were there in Hardy, they are still there with any type of video card (Intel, Nvidia, and probably others), and I bet you are still seeing th

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2008-12-03 Thread Robert Banfield
I see the mention in the recent comments that this is a nvidia bug. Just in case, and at the request of an earlier comment, I will say that this also affects Fedora 10 using RPMFusion NVIDIA drivers akmod-nvidia.x86_64 177.82-1.fc10.4installed kmod-nvidia-2.6.27

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2008-11-25 Thread vaughn
PS to bjb1959: No offense take here. I hadn't tried Cairo Dock and your post gave me the opportunity to do so. A little information never hurt anyone, which to me is one of the core values of the open source community. Now that the driver upgrade has fixed my dock, I'll keep on trucking with AWN th

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2008-11-25 Thread vaughn
I just upgraded the nvidia driver for my geforce 7600gs to 180.06 and my artifact problems are gone (along with some weird window drawing errors I was having). The driver is available from nvidia.com's driver beta section. -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2008-11-24 Thread bjb1959
I really didn't mean to upset anyone, I use awn on 2 of my 3 machines, the ones still running hardy. just using the other on the intrepid machine until awn gets working on it. -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273326 You received this bug notificatio

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2008-11-23 Thread Mark Lee
The problem was identified as being the Nvidia binary driver's historically bad X RENDER extension support. A fix has been identified as upgrading to the latest beta drivers, if possible. Because a user's card might not be supported by the beta drivers, I have suggested that these users should in

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2008-11-23 Thread bjb1959
I thought we were trying to help people who wanted to use a dock launcher get something that worked?? or is this all about telling people that it's nvidia's fault?? I have used awn for years and periodically have problems. If you want to use something in the meantime while Nvidia or awn or whomever

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2008-11-23 Thread Mark Lee
Um, out of curiosity, do Awn users go onto the cairo-dock bug tracker and advertise Awn as a "temporary solution" to cairo-dock bugs? -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273326 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2008-11-23 Thread bjb1959
I have the same problems and do not have the new drivers. a temporary solution would be to use Cairo-Dock instead. I have attached a screenshot of mine. some people like it a lot more then avant and it is considerably more configurable. It does not suffer from the issues with artifacts like awn do

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2008-11-22 Thread Mark Lee
I suggest that someone affected by the bug should post on the nvidia forums with this bug, and note that it is fixed in driver version 180.06 and ask the nvidia developers whether it can be fixed in earlier versions of the driver (and post a link to the thread here). -- artifacts in Intrepid + nv

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2008-11-22 Thread glennric
The 180.06 drivers may solve the problem if your video card is supported by those drivers. I have a GeForce FX 5200 which is apparently going into legacy now. It is still supported by the 173 drivers but nothing newer. There needs to be a fix for those drivers. -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidi

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2008-11-21 Thread Guillaume Lanquepin
Me, I confirm. No artefacts with beta driver 180.06 -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273326 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.ub

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2008-11-21 Thread Mark Lee
Can anyone else confirm this? -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273326 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

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2008-11-21 Thread phenest
I'm running nVidia beta driver 180.06, and I have not seen any artefacts. Seeing as this is an nVidia issue and not an AWN issue, it is safe to say that this is fixed if you use this driver version. -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273326 You receiv

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2008-11-17 Thread glennric
Frank, your solution is not very practical. One of the primary reasons that I use avant is for the applets. If I just wanted launchers and a task manager I would probably switch to cairo dock. It is much smoother in appearance. Awn has had these artifacts for a long time with any video card. I

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2008-11-14 Thread Frank Geraets
Hi people I have the same problem and I noticed that it only occurs when you use Applets. A lot of Applets, like for example shutdown, desktop or system monitor..can be replaced by Launcher to resolve the problem. -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/27

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2008-11-14 Thread reader4
I throw a me-too into the ring. I mostly see this problem on the right- most icons, but it affects the shiny switcher as well and cannot be resolved because mouse-overing doesn't create an effect for that applet. It is also left of my launcher bar (screenshot attached). ** Attachment added: "read

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2008-11-05 Thread steets
Just thought I'd add the screenshot below, as most of the other screenshots show vertical lines, while I sometimes see horizontal ones. I don't know if that's relevant. Both examples in the attachment come from the same screenshot. Moreover, I just realized I also have occasional anomalies in the

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2008-11-03 Thread steets
Confirm this bug and Shawn's observation: when I hover over the AWN icons they are redrawn correctly. Ubuntu 8.10 uptodate with stock AWN, NVIDIA (versions 173 and 177 installed, but 173 active and can't seem to activate 177) and compiz -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bu

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2008-11-02 Thread Shawn
The fix works I think because with the Launcher/Taskmanager at the right end it initiates its own redraws. If you are in the awn-manager and try reordering any of the applets, the artifacts come right back regardless of where they are. It seems like anytime an applet is not the cause of its own rep

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2008-11-02 Thread Julien Lavergne
Seems an Intel user have a similar problem : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/awn-extras-applets/+bug/288504 -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273326 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscr

[Bug 273326] Re: artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers

2008-11-01 Thread Julien Lavergne
** Also affects: avant-window-navigator (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: avant-window-navigator (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- artifacts in Intrepid + nvidia binary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273326 You received this bug notification b