[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1220426]

2015-02-06 Thread Aaron Plattner
// timers list gets corrupted here and timer-2 gets removed from list. Fixes: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86288 Signed-off-by: Nikhil Mahale Reviewed-by: Julien Cristau v2: Apply warning fixes from Keith Packard Reviewed-by: Aaron Plattner

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1220426] Re: [nvidia-prime]Freeze while using touchpad

2014-12-22 Thread Aaron Plattner
Does it work if you use a path that doesn't have any spaces in it? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1220426 Title: [nvidia-prime]Freeze while using touchpad To manage notif

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 269904] Re: Screen refresh problems with nvidia cards

2014-06-05 Thread Aaron Plattner
Ah, thanks for the clarification. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/269904 Title: Screen refresh problems with nvidia cards To manage notifications about thi

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 269904] Re: Screen refresh problems with nvidia cards

2014-06-05 Thread Aaron Plattner
Christopher, is there some actual discussion somewhere where licensing is called out as a problem, or are you just referring to Stephen's comment #325? I'll bet it just that no one who has permission to push updated packages has noticed this bug and I don't know how to attract the attention of som

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 269904] Re: Screen refresh problems with nvidia cards

2014-05-14 Thread Aaron Plattner
Is there still some concern about accepting the patch? It was indeed authored by James Jones and signed off by him for public release. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1037896] Re: Starting Firefox kills xserver immediately when using 2D desktop

2012-08-23 Thread Aaron Plattner
As Daniel mentioned, the problem is in OpenGL. If you are willing to run without it, you can work around the problem for now by disabling the "glx" module in /etc/X11/xorg.conf by adding the following lines: Section "Module" Disable "glx" EndSection This issue was caused because the video dr

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 733374] Re: X freeze, nvidia-current, Ubuntu 11.04 Maverick GeForce 9600GT

2012-03-11 Thread Aaron Plattner
No, the Xid messages are not documented, they're internal error codes to help us with debugging. In Anoop's case, all they really mean is that the driver stopped hearing from the graphics card suddenly and was unable to restore communications with it. -- You received this bug notification becaus

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 733374] Re: X freeze, nvidia-current, Ubuntu 11.04 Maverick GeForce 9600GT

2012-03-10 Thread Aaron Plattner
Anoop, these symptoms sound very much like a hardware problem that causes the GPU to sometimes lose contact with the rest of the system. Please make sure your case is free of dust and that the fans are unobstructed, that all connectors are seated firmly, and that your power supply has a sufficientl

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 661248] Re: Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT doesn't work with nvidia-current 260

2011-05-13 Thread Aaron Plattner
Thanks, Joakim. On the contrary, that's quite interesting. The first four bytes should never be all 0xff if the GPU is configured correctly by the kernel. If the kernel has misconfigured the GPU in such a way that it cannot respond to register reads, the driver has no hope of working. -- You r

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 661248] Re: Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT doesn't work with nvidia-current 260

2011-05-04 Thread Aaron Plattner
I think that's the wrong resource0 file (for bus 0 device 2, rather than bus 2 device 0). Probably easier to use the symlinks: /sys/bus/pci/devices/:02:00.0/resource0 However, you can't call read() on those files, they can only be mmap'd. /dev/mem should work, though. I would recommend read

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 661248] Re: Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT doesn't work with nvidia-current 260

2011-05-03 Thread Aaron Plattner
@TJ: The BAR configuration registers are in the PCI configuration space. I'm talking about the registeres accessed via memory read/write cycles to the addresses configured there. E.g., open /dev/mem and read at the offset that lspci reports for "Region 0" for your GPU. Alternatively, mmap /sys/de

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 661248] Re: Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT doesn't work with nvidia-current 260

2011-05-03 Thread Aaron Plattner
TJ, that rm_is_supported_device function reads registers that it sounds like are reading back as 0x. You should be able to read the DWORD at BAR0 offset 0. If it reads as 0x, then the GPU is not configured correctly. You should be able to do that before even loading the NVIDIA RM

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 703688] Re: [Natty] Need X-server 1.10-compatible nvidia driver (xorg-edgers ppa)

2011-02-09 Thread Aaron Plattner
xserver 1.10 doesn't exist yet, and the ABI it's going to use won't be frozen until 1.10 RC2 (a.k.a 1.9.99.902) is released. Until then, the NVIDIA driver can't assume that the ABI won't change in the future. I pinged the people responsible for releases, but didn't hear anything back. The offici

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 626974] Re: ABI change in xorg 1.9 breaks legacy nvidia-96 drivers in Maverick

2010-11-02 Thread Aaron Plattner
Please give 96.43.19 a try. It was just released, so it might be a while before somebody packages it for Ubuntu. -- ABI change in xorg 1.9 breaks legacy nvidia-96 drivers in Maverick https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/626974 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, w

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 661248] Re: Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT doesn't work with nvidia-current 260

2010-10-15 Thread Aaron Plattner
The GPU is not responding correctly to CPU accesses, hence the nouveau error message of, "Unsupported chipset 0x". This is not a driver bug: it could be a bug in the kernel, or a hardware problem. ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- Nvi

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 652731] Re: Appearance settings do not work in Xubuntu 10.10 RC

2010-10-04 Thread Aaron Plattner
Crap, I didn't mean to add this. Marking invalid. ** Also affects: nvidia-drivers-ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: nvidia-drivers-ubuntu Status: New => Invalid ** Also affects: xfce4 Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: nvidia-graph

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 652731] Re: Appearance settings do not work in Xubuntu 10.10 RC

2010-10-04 Thread Aaron Plattner
This doesn't sound at all like a graphics driver bug, but rather a communication problem between the various XFCE components. The driver does not control the appearance of fonts or icons, but simply processes the drawing requests sent to it by applications. Does the problem still occur with the "

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 626918] Re: /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol: miEmptyData

2010-10-02 Thread Aaron Plattner
On Sat, Oct 02, 2010 at 11:38:49AM -0700, Aldo Maggi wrote: > a...@paperino:~$ dpkg -l nvidia-173 > > ii nvidia-173 173.14.27-0ubuntu1 NVIDIA > binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library > > should i uninstall it and get the 173.14.28 binary from nvidia site?

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 626918] Re: /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol: miEmptyData

2010-10-01 Thread Aaron Plattner
Please try 173.14.28. -- /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol: miEmptyData https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/626918 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 in ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 629910] Re: nvidia 256.53 xorg-server 1.9.0 performance regression with antialiased text

2010-09-15 Thread Aaron Plattner
Please try 260.19.06: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=155137 -- nvidia 256.53 xorg-server 1.9.0 performance regression with antialiased text https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/629910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvid

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 616023] Re: nVidia card : X won't start since 1.9 update, no screens found

2010-09-02 Thread Aaron Plattner
"At least NVidias Aaron Plattner claims it is merely a regression in xserver 1.9." I didn't say that. All I said was that if an experiment shows that using the same driver, xserver 1.8 is fast and xserver 1.9 is slow, that it's not reasonable to immediately assume that t

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 623399] Re: nvidia drivers fail to start in Maverick X11

2010-08-25 Thread Aaron Plattner
A driver with support for the new ABI should be out relatively soon, though I can't make any actual promises as to a release date. If scrolling using the same driver but a different X server shows different performance, it's highly likely that the regression is in the X server and not the driver.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 605979] Re: Buttons rendered wrong (with white background) with nvidia-current

2010-08-03 Thread Aaron Plattner
Hi Benjamin. This is the first I've heard of this bug, so I'll try to take a look at it as soon as I can. Please note that just checking for the NV-CONTROL extension is not sufficient, because some screens may be using the NVIDIA driver while others use different drivers. If the extension exists

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 604525] Re: nvidia-settings "Configure Display Device" menu should be drop-down list instead of dialog box

2010-07-16 Thread Aaron Plattner
Thanks, Philip. I've attached Bert's patch to our internal bug for this, which is #357963. -- nvidia-settings "Configure Display Device" menu should be drop-down list instead of dialog box https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/604525 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 278055] Re: nvidia-settings generates broken xorg.conf files

2010-06-25 Thread Aaron Plattner
Hi Tim. nvidia-settings hasn't generated an RgbPath line since 177.67. Can you please confirm that the problem does not occur with the latest version? ** Changed in: nvidia-settings (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- nvidia-settings generates broken xorg.conf files https://bugs.laun

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org

2010-05-23 Thread Aaron Plattner
Right, the code was added for xserver 1.7.0, so Lucid should work since it ships a newer point release of the same server branch. You mentioned Karmic, which ships xserver 1.6.4: http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic-updates/x11/xserver-common I would not expect that to work correctly with Vino+Compi

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org

2010-05-23 Thread Aaron Plattner
The code I added relies on a feature I added to xserver 1.7 to work correctly. It should still be broken in Karmic, since it ships xserver 1.6. -- Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/353126 You receive

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org

2010-05-05 Thread Aaron Plattner
> while the screen updates under this setting, it was noticeably slower than having visual effects set to none (no compiz) This is expected. When no composite manager is running, the X server sends damage events only for the parts of the screen that changed. Because Compiz uses a much more comple

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org

2010-04-27 Thread Aaron Plattner
No, the legacy branches do not have the code to take advantage of the code I added to the X server, and are unlikely to get it because those branches are limited to support for new kernels and X servers, and critical bug fixes only. This is basically a new feature. The latest drivers do have code

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org

2010-04-27 Thread Aaron Plattner
Doug, the code to enable damage events for this sort of use case is only available in relatively recent driver releases. The code in the X server that allows it to work was only added in the xserver 1.7 timeframe. -- Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 353126] Re: Compiz / vnc screen refresh with nvidia-restricted driver/VirtualBox/ATI fglrx driver using X.org

2010-04-26 Thread Aaron Plattner
I looked into this today and found that the NVIDIA driver does not correctly generate damage events for a given window when the OpenGL rendering is actually happening to a child window. In this case, x11vnc is listening for damage events on the root, but Compiz is rendering to the Composite Overla

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-20 Thread Aaron Plattner
TiGR, please reinstall the 96.43.17 driver, try to start X again, run nvidia-bug-report.sh, and attach the resulting nvidia-bug-report.log.gz file here. -- Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553200 You received this bug notification because you ar

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-19 Thread Aaron Plattner
This is fixed in a release candidate. Reassigning to Alberto to update the Ubuntu packages. ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/96.43.17/ ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/96.43.17/ ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu) Assignee: Aaron Plattner

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-15 Thread Aaron Plattner
Darrin, what fix are you referring to? The fix for this bug has not yet been released. -- Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553200 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-dr

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 532436] Re: nvidia driver sometime does not load at boot

2010-04-15 Thread Aaron Plattner
I should also mention that there's no indication in the log file that the NVIDIA driver is related. I don't think any of the usual suspects, like crashes (SEGV or BUS), unresolved symbols (ABRT), or divides by zero (FPE), can be blamed here. I would guess that some external program is sending SIG

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 532436] Re: nvidia driver sometime does not load at boot

2010-04-15 Thread Aaron Plattner
Please subscribe Daniel Dadap to NVIDIA bugs instead of me. He's our support engineer now. -- nvidia driver sometime does not load at boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/532436 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-driver

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 516520] Re: pam_unix(gdm:auth): conversation failed

2010-04-15 Thread Aaron Plattner
NoOp unsubscribed, so the point is mostly moot, but the original report is not the same symptom, it describes a black screen and an X server restart *after* logging in. Bug #553200 is a hang or crash as soon as the password prompt is displayed. In addition, Saša's report confirming the original s

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-15 Thread Aaron Plattner
It should affect any card using the 96.43.* drivers. -- Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553200 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 in ubuntu. __

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 516520] Re: pam_unix(gdm:auth): conversation failed

2010-04-15 Thread Aaron Plattner
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 553200 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553200 NoOp, I already mentioned in the other bug that I don't think electhor's original problem is related. Electhor was using a GeForce 8600 GT, which is not supported by the 96.43.* legacy driver, so can't have b

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-15 Thread Aaron Plattner
disco_stew: I don't know when an updated driver will be released. Once a driver is released, I'll reassign this bug to Alberto to handle the Ubuntu nvidia-96 package update. Presumably this bug would be an SRU candidate, if it turns out that's necessary. You ought to be able to work around this

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-14 Thread Aaron Plattner
NoOp, it looks like that bug got hijacked. This problem sounds unrelated to the problem originally reported in that bug. -- Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553200 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which i

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-14 Thread Aaron Plattner
This should be fixed in the next legacy driver release. ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553200 You received this bug notification because you are

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-13 Thread Aaron Plattner
I managed to track down the cause of this problem. I'll try to get it fixed soon. It is indeed a bug in the NVIDIA X driver. ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu) Assignee: Daniel Dadap (ddadap) => Aaron Plattner (aplattner) ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-96

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-13 Thread Aaron Plattner
** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu) Assignee: Aaron Plattner (aplattner) => Daniel Dadap (ddadap) -- Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/553200 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-13 Thread Aaron Plattner
I can't reproduce this problem. I used the default Ubuntu GDM setup, and I also tried installing xubuntu-gdm-theme. I don't think the latter worked correctly, though because I get a boring purple background and a little terminal picture at the top of the login prompt. Hopefully the xubuntu theme

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 553200] Re: Mouse and keyboard stop working after selecting user

2010-04-13 Thread Aaron Plattner
I'll try to take a look at this soon. It's suspicious that it started occurring with a GDM update, but it'll take some digging to figure out what's going wrong. ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Aaron Plattner (aplattner)

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 432172] Re: nvidia-180-libvdpau packages both libvdpau and libvdpau_nvidia

2009-11-20 Thread Aaron Plattner
Thanks Mario. I just made an 0.3 release with these changes: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg- announce/2009-November/001200.html It now builds the documentation too, so you'll probably want a libvdpau- doc package at some point. -- nvidia-180-libvdpau packages both libvdpau and libvd

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 432172] Re: nvidia-180-libvdpau packages both libvdpau and libvdpau_nvidia

2009-11-19 Thread Aaron Plattner
> The library will look for drivers in /usr/lib/vdpau/libvdpau_.so I'm sorry, that should have read /usr/lib/vdpau/libvdpau_.so.1 (i.e. versioned in case we ever change the libvdpau <-> driver interface) -- nvidia-180-libvdpau packages both libvdpau and libvdpau_nvidia https://bugs.launchpad.net/

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 432172] Re: nvidia-180-libvdpau packages both libvdpau and libvdpau_nvidia

2009-11-19 Thread Aaron Plattner
Mario, does this layout look okay to you? I'd like to make an 0.3 release tonight. Yet-to-be-released NVIDIA drivers will install: /usr/lib/libvdpau.so -> libvdpau.so.1 /usr/lib/libvdpau.so.1 -> libvdpau.so.190.NN /usr/lib/libvdpau.so.190.NN /usr/lib/libvdpau_nvidia.so -> vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.s

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 432172] Re: nvidia-180-libvdpau packages both libvdpau and libvdpau_nvidia

2009-11-17 Thread Aaron Plattner
I just pushed a change that should address the concerns. Please let me know if this is sufficient or if additional changes are necessary. http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~aplattner/libvdpau/commit/?id=0537b13e292bc772e984872a3986e41fb51f9258 -- nvidia-180-libvdpau packages both libvdpau and libvdpau

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 200868] Re: nvidia-settings doesn't have permissions to write xorg.conf

2009-06-24 Thread Aaron Plattner
lewmur, .nvidia-settings-rc is not an executable, it's a configuration file that nvidia-settings uses to save user preferences for the server configuration. Wearing my "Ubuntu user" hat, I would personally prefer not having it save things like my brightness and contrast settings in root's home dir

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 352485] Re: X: NVidia 8800 GT not being initialized correctly

2009-06-01 Thread Aaron Plattner
It's a kernel parameter. The README entry I was referring to is this one: ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/185.18.14/README/chapter-09.html#kva_exhaustion It appears that the message changed, but I believe this is the same problem. The "RmInitAdaptor failed" messages are a direct resu

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 352485] Re: X: NVidia 8800 GT not being initialized correctly

2009-06-01 Thread Aaron Plattner
Here's the problem: [ 30.912314] vmap allocation failed: use vmalloc= to increase size. Please see the section in the README about this error. ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- X: NVidia 8800 GT not being initialized correctly https://b

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 374141] Re: resizing window leaves garbage on screen

2009-05-13 Thread Aaron Plattner
How large is your cursor? This looks like typical corruption that is caused by a fundamental incompatibility between GLX and the X server's software cursor code. If it's larger than 64x64, please try using a smaller cursor. It doesn't look that big from the screenshot, but it could have a lot of

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 352485] Re: X: NVidia 8800 GT not being initialized correctly

2009-05-13 Thread Aaron Plattner
Whenever you see the message, "Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device," you need to check your kernel log to see why the kernel module couldn't be initialized. Your best bet is to reproduce the problem, run nvidia-bug-report.sh, and then attach the resulting log. ** Changed in: nvidia-gr

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 353098] Re: Cursor behaves oddly during logon (using Xinerama)

2009-05-13 Thread Aaron Plattner
This is not a bug in the graphics driver -- the X server tells the driver which screens' cursors to display, what they should look like, and where to place them. If the cursor is appearing in the wrong place or on the wrong screen, then the bug is almost certainly in the X server itself. -- Curs