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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 package

monitor/video garbage (out of sync) even in a console (ALT+F2)

Bug #212526 reported by kimus
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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Sometime I just see garbage on my monitor (maybe a out of sync) even when I go to a console (ALT+F2) the monitor doesn't display correctly.
Work around is to suspend my laptop and wake it up. After going back up all it's fine again!?

This problem happens sometimes and in a random way :-S didn't found any way to reproduce the problem.

I've got a Dell Precision M90 Laptop with the latest BIOS and it has a NVidia video adapter.

I'm almost sure I had the same problem in Gutsy one or two weeks before I upgraded to Hardy. Maybe it's a problem with the latest nvidia drivers.

Please help me where to get some information on troubleshoot (i.e: logs) this problem.

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kimus (kimus) wrote :

added package nvidia-glx-new

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kimus (kimus) wrote :

Still with this annoying problem. Randomly and out of nothing my video output is 'out of sync'... :-S
I viewed all logs after this error occurred but nothing appears.
hope this is not hardware related... :-(

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kimus (kimus) wrote :

see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/234292

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kimus (kimus) wrote :

I resolved putting this in the /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc file:
options nvidia_new NVreg_Mobile=1 NVreg_RegistryDwords="PerfLevelSrc=0x2222"

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

Hi kimus,

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? (ISOs are available from cdimage.ubuntu.com)

If it remains an issue, could you also attach a new /var/log/Xorg.0.log?
Thanks in advance.

The output of lspci -vvnn would also be worth having.

Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24:
status: New → Incomplete
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kimus (kimus) wrote :

didn't i say that I resolved with that setting?

just see my comment at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/234292/comments/4

thanx

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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

Marking fixed then.

Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24:
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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kimus (kimus) wrote :

tough It's a bug. With that setting the PowerMizer is allways on full power.

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