Public bug reported:
The upgrade in nvidia-current to 256.35-0ubuntu1 has introduced video tearing
with hardware that has always performed fine thru the 195.36.24 drivers ( both
in maverick and in lucid.
While the hardware is approaching becoming obsolete, I'm sure many still use
agp and maverick could remain an option.
Card here is G70 [GeForce 7800 GS]
As a test, with a fully updated install (07/04), reverted back to
nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu2 and playback returned to being perfect.
Obviously I (or others) can't keep this nvidia package for long in Maverick so
am requesting that Maverick at release offer an alternate nvidia driver(s) if
possible and if so have it or 1 choice be the 195.XX driver.
While clearly the 256 driver offers improvements, most of them are only
realized on newer pci-e hardware, for agp there's nothing gained and most
certainly something to lose.
Note that the 7000 series is not too fond of the 173 drivers, so that's not an
option ( not that they are usable atm anyway
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-6.9-generic 2.6.35-rc3
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-6-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.agp.card:
Fast Writes: Supported
SBA: Supported
AGP Rates: 8x 4x
Registers: 0xff000e1b:0x1f004302
.proc.driver.nvidia.agp.host.bridge:
Host Bridge: PCI device 8086:2578
Fast Writes: Supported
SBA: Supported
AGP Rates: 8x 4x
Registers: 0x1f004a1b:0x00000b02
.proc.driver.nvidia.agp.status:
Status: Enabled
Driver: AGPGART
AGP Rate: 8x
Fast Writes: Disabled
SBA: Enabled
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 195.36.24 Thu Apr 22 09:18:20
PDT 2010
GCC version: gcc version 4.4.4 (Ubuntu 4.4.4-6ubuntu1)
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jul 4 23:36:11 2010
DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 195.36.24, 2.6.35-6-generic, i686: installed
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100624)
MachineType: alienware alienware
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-6-generic
root=UUID=c041ff99-1825-4e9b-9c44-22e30de4618b ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers
dmi.bios.date: 01/29/2004
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: BZ87510A.86A.0091.P21.0401291113
dmi.board.name: D875PBZ
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: AAC26680-205
dmi.chassis.type: 2
dmi.chassis.vendor: alienware
dmi.chassis.version: alienware
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrBZ87510A.86A.0091.P21.0401291113:bd01/29/2004:svnalienware:pnalienware:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnD875PBZ:rvrAAC26680-205:cvnalienware:ct2:cvralienware:
dmi.product.name: alienware
dmi.sys.vendor: alienware
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: maverick
architecture: i686
kernel: 2.6.35-6-generic
** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 maverick
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Maverick; latest nvidia-current causes video tearing in agp cards
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/601767
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