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Technotux

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Registered: 2011-04-11

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Nvidia 275.09.07-1, gnome shell status bar icon bug?.

I updated to the latest Nvidia driver, nvidia-275.09.07-1, nvidia-utils-275.09.07-1, lib32-nvidia-utils-275.09.07-1. After doing so I noticed a bug with gnome shell's status bar displaying it's icons, it seems on first boot the icons are all the same, reloading gnome shell forces the icons to not display correctly at all. I disabled all gnome shell extensions and rebooted with the same problem.

Finally, I downgraded all Nvidia packages above to, nvidia-270.41.19, and my icons once again display properly, so the latest driver is the cause.

Anyone else having this issue?

I included a snapshot, as an example of this bug,

http://bit.ly/k2C7DD

EDIT:

Found this, on nvnews forum,
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=163178

Last edited by Technotux (2011-06-15 11:07:18)

trunneml

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From: Germany Stuttgart

Registered: 2010-02-09

Posts: 21

Re: Nvidia 275.09.07-1, gnome shell status bar icon bug?.

Same here, I switches to nouveau because of this. Now even switching between X and Console works.

Koven

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Registered: 2006-06-13

Posts: 154

Re: Nvidia 275.09.07-1, gnome shell status bar icon bug?.

I've the same problem since last update of Nvidia drivers. We'll wait to the next update. It's a little annoying but it's ok with me.

copyguy

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Registered: 2009-10-28

Posts: 36

Re: Nvidia 275.09.07-1, gnome shell status bar icon bug?.

Hehe i have the same "problem" thought it should be that way.

triplesquarednine

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Registered: 2011-04-12

Posts: 630

Re: Nvidia 275.09.07-1, gnome shell status bar icon bug?.

I have an issue with the latest nvidia too. i am not using gnome-shell (but am using gnome3)...

Firefox's auto-scrolling (which is nice with my tablet/Stylys) usually has a white icon appear with arrows, when i middle-click - but now instead, it doesn't display the icon properly, but instead it shows a black circle with a white cube. - it's such a minor issue, that i don't really care - but when i saw this thread - i thought i would post as this seems to not be only a gnome-shell problem.

however, firefox is the only application i have noticed this problem in - no other app has shown any similar issue.

canilol

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Registered: 2011-06-16

Posts: 2

Re: Nvidia 275.09.07-1, gnome shell status bar icon bug?.

I have the same problem since the nvidia driver was updated. Really annoying... ;/

juris

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From: Riga, Latvia

Registered: 2011-06-16

Posts: 5

Re: Nvidia 275.09.07-1, gnome shell status bar icon bug?.

Same problem. Lenovo S12 with Nvidia ION.

jose1711

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Registered: 2006-07-08

Posts: 144

Re: Nvidia 275.09.07-1, gnome shell status bar icon bug?.

same on my system. thank you for sharing - downgrade solved the issue for now

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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Re: Nvidia 275.09.07-1, gnome shell status bar icon bug?.

funny how you guys prefer to downgrade to a even buggier version. at least with this new version you don't have corruption when changing to vt or after waking up from suspend

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jose1711

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Registered: 2006-07-08

Posts: 144

Re: Nvidia 275.09.07-1, gnome shell status bar icon bug?.

ymmv - no vt switching or suspend on my system is needed

varg04444

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From: Colombia

Registered: 2009-09-26

Posts: 22

Re: Nvidia 275.09.07-1, gnome shell status bar icon bug?.

Hello, i have same issue, really, I changed to nouveau drivers for this reason. Somebody know if have very much difference between nvidia and nouveau drivers?

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juris

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From: Riga, Latvia

Registered: 2011-06-16

Posts: 5

Re: Nvidia 275.09.07-1, gnome shell status bar icon bug?.

Hello, i have same issue, really, I changed to nouveau drivers for this reason. Somebody know if have very much difference between nvidia and nouveau drivers?

I think that main disadvantage of noveau, is lack of vdpau support at this moment, so no flash and video processing offload.

triplesquarednine

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Registered: 2011-04-12

Posts: 630

Re: Nvidia 275.09.07-1, gnome shell status bar icon bug?.

Hello, i have same issue, really, I changed to nouveau drivers for this reason. Somebody know if have very much difference between nvidia and nouveau drivers?

I think that main disadvantage of noveau, is lack of vdpau support at this moment, so no flash and video processing offload.

...and nouveau is slower than Nvidia. it also is not nearly as feature complete

wonder

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Re: Nvidia 275.09.07-1, gnome shell status bar icon bug?.

@triplesquarednine slower? gnome-shell runs faster on nouveau than on nvidia

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triplesquarednine

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Registered: 2011-04-12

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Re: Nvidia 275.09.07-1, gnome shell status bar icon bug?.

@triplesquarednine slower? gnome-shell runs faster on nouveau than on nvidia

if you read (both) comments i was replying to (ie: varg04444 asked the difference between drivers, then Juris commented on the lack of off-loading in nouveau) you would have seen that i was adding a comment to Juris' - on the difference between the nouveau and nvidia drivers - not gnome-shell exclusively.

gnome-shell/Mutter may be (currently) faster with nouveau (in many cases) - but that is where it ends. Often any speed you do get from nouveau - is at the cost of high CPU usage in comparison to nvidia which uses it's GPU, and very little cpu at all. when Nvidia fixes the issues, people will start to say that nouveau is slower under gnome-shell. they will get higher FPS with Nvidia, and apps/games will eat it up.

conclusion - Nvidia driver is technically faster than nouveau driver (considerably faster! - which is pretty much common knowledge). it just isn't as well supported in Gnome-Shell. however, that being said, some nvidia cards work fine with Gnome-Shell (i have a 9800GT on this machine). if i open 3d-type apps, 3d-modelling (realtime), games, etc with Nouveau - it blows chunks! -> in comparison to Nvidia (in gnome-shell, on my hardware).

this is also true of compiz and kwin compositors. nouveau is slower than nvidia (on all of my machines).

juris

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From: Riga, Latvia

Registered: 2011-06-16

Posts: 5

Re: Nvidia 275.09.07-1, gnome shell status bar icon bug?.

Still no luck with 275.19-1 version. Some guy from nvidia states that it should be fixed in 280.x
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=163178

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

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Re: Nvidia 275.09.07-1, gnome shell status bar icon bug?.

Still no luck with 275.19-1 version. Some guy from nvidia states that it should be fixed in 280.x
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=163178

correction, in the next version from 280 series. 280.04 is bugged as well.

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juanmah

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From: Barcelona

Registered: 2009-04-02

Posts: 28

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Re: Nvidia 275.09.07-1, gnome shell status bar icon bug?.

It is solved in 280.11-1 beta drivers.

The task in bug tracker dissappeared. The  task is not closed, it doesn't exist.