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A recent update to my 12.10 system has resulted in the display
occasionally showing severe corruption (see video here:
http://ubuntuone.com/0ItrEBmS23ERwH131NsROv ) that forces a reboot. This
is an intermittent problem but it's happened to me at least 4 times. I
think the problem started around the time I upgraded to unity 6.10 but I
am not sure of the exact date.
Moving the mouse over various UI elements causes the corruption to
change, sometimes spectacularly. For example, moving the mouse + up down
the unity launcher causes lots of rapid changes. When the machine is
idle with no input, there are small dots that will dance around on the
screen [see the beginning of the attached video]
A reboot always clears the problem. Switching to a VT and back to X will
not clear the problem.
I'm on a MacBook Pro 3,1 w/ NVIDIA 8600M GT and the binary NVIDIA driver
(304.51.really.304.43-0ubuntu1).
Steps to reproduce:
1) Use the computer. A second monitor may be a factor, I am not sure
Expected results:
UI remains legible, no massive corruption
Actual results:
After a period of time (hours/days) the displays may suddenly show massive
corruption that makes it impossible to keep working.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: unity 6.10.0-0ubuntu2
Uname: Linux 3.6.3-030603-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory:
'/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 304.43 Sun Aug 19 20:14:03
PDT 2012
GCC version: gcc version 4.7.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.2-2ubuntu1)
.proc.driver.nvidia.warnings.fbdev:
Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console
on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver
requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console
drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in
corruption and stability problems, and is not supported.
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for
`/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Wed Nov 14 14:51:54 2012
DistUpgraded: 2012-08-07 11:19:37,876 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
nvidia-current, 304.43, 3.5.0-18-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-current, 304.43, 3.6.3-030603-generic, x86_64: installed
virtualbox, 4.1.18, 3.6.3-030603-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
NVIDIA Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600M GT] [10de:0407] (rev a1) (prog-if 00
[VGA controller])
Subsystem: Apple Inc. Device [106b:00a0]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-09-17 (789 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1)
MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro3,1
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.6.3-030603-generic
root=UUID=4b3d81ed-fb5d-4946-97c0-ec537e1bfa3f ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-08-07 (99 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 03/05/08
dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.bios.version: MBP31.88Z.0070.B07.0803051658
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Mac-F4238BC8
dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.board.version: PVT
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag#
dmi.chassis.type: 2
dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F4238BC8
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP31.88Z.0070.B07.0803051658:bd03/05/08:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro3,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F4238BC8:rvrPVT:cvnAppleInc.:ct2:cvrMac-F4238BC8:
dmi.product.name: MacBookPro3,1
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.4+bzr3407-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0-0ubuntu1
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati
1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu3
** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 possible-manual-nvidia-install quantal
running-unity ubuntu
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Regression: fullscreen display corruption
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1078874
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