Ubuntu
nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package

stange square appears on text

Bug #207459 reported by Pedro Melero Gonzalez
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nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Ubuntu hardy (development branch) - 8.04

I updated from 7.10. But my problem started on 7.10 after installing nvidia driver using 'envy'. Everytime I open a new window (no matter of what kind) than has cursor for text (mozilla, xterm, finder, etc) it appears for a few seconds a strange square than keeps in the right place of the cursor, and then it disappears. It doesn't cause any problem, but it's annoying. Now with 8.04 beta it dissapeard. But then I changed from metacity to compiz and appeared again. If I disable compiz and reboot it dissapears.

Thanks!

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Neil Munro (neilmunro-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

I can confirm I've seen this bug, only on nvidia cards and only with compiz.

Changed in compiz:
status: New → Confirmed
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Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report. The symptoms provided indicate this is a problem with your video drivers and is being reassigned to the xorg package. For more information on problems with visual effects and video drivers see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/VisualEffects.

affects: compiz (Ubuntu) → xorg (Ubuntu)
Bryce Harrington (bryce)
affects: xorg (Ubuntu) → nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu)
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → New
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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

I've posted a new version of the -nvidia driver to our xorg-edgers PPA,
would you mind testing it either on Jaunty or Karmic and see if it
resolves this bug?

Get nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 - 185.18.14 here:

  https://edge.launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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