[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 92599] Re: Incorrect (low/stuttering) refresh rate with NVIDIA driver

2011-10-07 Thread Ron Johnson
Daniel, no luck with smooth windows after disabling Detect Refresh Rate. In fact, they became jerky again. Also, it turns out that disabling Bailer didn't work well either. What does seem to work is disabling all Window Management options except Move Window and Resize Window. Lastly, as another

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 92599] Re: Incorrect (low/stuttering) refresh rate with NVIDIA driver

2011-10-06 Thread Ron Johnson
Since #760814 is deemed a duplicate, I've bounced overhere. Just installed 11.04 w/ Classic (i.e., GNOME 2.32). GeForce 210 and binary driver 270.41.06-0ubuntu1. Window movement was stunningly jerky. Went into CCSM and disabled "Bailer". Now, window movement is acceptable, but glxgers is still

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 663463] Re: Blank screen on boot unless nouveau was disabled.

2011-01-09 Thread Ron Johnson
Nvidia apparently made some bad chips... http://www.nvidiasettlement.com/affectedmodels.html http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1013947/why-nvidia-duff-chips-shoddy-engineering Even if your Dell isn't on the Official List, it might still have the affected GPU. I solved the problem by repla

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 663463] Re: Blank screen on boot unless nouveau was disabled.

2011-01-08 Thread Ron Johnson
Adding "nosplash nouveau.modeset=0" has me logged in without any errors, but at 800x600 instead of 1280x1024. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663463 Title: B

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 663463] Re: Blank screen on boot unless nouveau was disabled.

2011-01-08 Thread Ron Johnson
Changing the GRUB boot param to "nosplash" (thanks, #147623 !!) just pushed the problem back to when after I'd logged in. :( -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/66