I also have this problem. Everything unaccelerated comes up as trash, even on the kernel framebuffer (if acceleration was switched off). Or for example I can see most of the graphics ok, but if I use ShadowFB then the whole screen is unusable. And the cursor is garbage too most of the time.
This is nothing new, but I found a way to make it work. I have two systems installed (latest debian/testing). I boot the first one to X with the nvidia drivers. Then I use kexec to boot into the second system (also debian/testing), which is using nouveau. And at this time, all the graphics are fine! So something is initialized by the nvidia driver, which is not touched by nouveau but is required for correct operation. Is there a way I could help? Like dumping register states with/without the nvidia init? -- 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/653714 Title: Garbage on X display w/ Dell D800 wuxga & nouveau driver (Nvidia GeForce4 Ti 4200 Go AGP rev a1 [NV28]) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nouveau/+bug/653714/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
