> @eggert-cs, have you tried the "ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa" PPA?
No, sorry, I just followed the recipe in #20 to downgrade from 304.132
to 304.131, plus the file /etc/apt/preferences.d/local-nvidia-quirks as
described in #18 to make sure 304.132 is not reinstalled as part of an
upgrade. This
I am still observing the problem on my Ubuntu 16.04.1 x86 desktop, which
has C77 [GeForce 8300] (rev a2) graphics. I assume this is because
304.134 has not yet been backported to 16.04.1 LTS. I hope the bug is
fixed soon, as it's a little disconcerting that the latest stable Ubuntu
release does
I also observed the problem on my desktop running Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
x86. lspci | grep VGA reports "02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA
Corporation C77 [GeForce 8300] (rev a2)". I am attaching
/var/log/Xorg.1.log, which says "NVIDIA GPU GeForce 8300 (C77) at
PCI:2:0:0 (GPU-0)". This system
The problem occurs for me too, on a Sun Ultra 20 M2 with NVIDIA Quadro
NVS 285 graphics, running Linux x86 (not x86-64). Downgrading to the
173 version did not help.
I worked around the problem by switching to the nouveau driver, and
dumping Unity (Unity 2D does not work well at all) in favor of
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