Update xorg, nvidia and framebuffer problems

loafer · 2009-11-01 21:19:12

Inspiron 1720
Nvidia 8600M GT

System fully up-to-date. I do not compile my own kernel or use testing.

Since the xorg upgrade X crashes whenever, for example:

- Gnome power management blanks the screen.
- I play a game (say WoP) and when I exit, the screen resolution is set to 1024x768. I can change it to 1900x1200 in nvidia settings, but doing so immediately crashes X.

In addition I have a weird screen corruption when switching to a console, suspend/resume or shutdown.

Changing the framebuffer resolution in menu.lst affects all of this considerably. If I set it to e.g. vga=893 I have all of the problems fully. vga=773 reduces the screen corruption but the crashes remain.

Removing the vga= altogether removes the problems.

But I'm stuck with a rather ugly startup. Has anyone else seen this? How can the framebuffer affect X in this way?

giovanni · 2009-11-02 01:51:11

Rebuild yourself nvidia-utils and nvidia packages.

Last edited by giovanni (2009-11-02 01:51:45)

loafer · 2009-11-02 20:42:14

Thanks Giovanni. Unfortunately this had no effect, so I have downgraded for the time being. I will keep looking for a solution.

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#1 2009-11-01 21:19:12

Update xorg, nvidia and framebuffer problems

#2 2009-11-02 01:51:11

Re: Update xorg, nvidia and framebuffer problems

#3 2009-11-02 20:42:14

Re: Update xorg, nvidia and framebuffer problems

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