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kierank01

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From: Here

Registered: 2009-04-25

Posts: 45

Corrupted display

From time to time, I have been getting a corrupted display.

This can be seen in the below link:

http://imagebin.ca/view/VjopfD.html

I am running the latest version of kde, and nvidia's display driver, with desktop effects turned on.

Has anyone seen anything like this before?

kierank01

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Registered: 2009-04-25

Posts: 45

Re: Corrupted display

bump

TigTex

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From: Portugal

Registered: 2008-06-19

Posts: 301

Re: Corrupted display

Nvidia Geforce 8000 maybe?

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kierank01

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Registered: 2009-04-25

Posts: 45

Re: Corrupted display

Nvidia Geforce 8000 maybe?

Sorry, forgot to mention that.

It is a 9300M
I take it from your guess that is a known issue? I checked Google but didn't find anything relevant.

olvar

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Registered: 2009-11-13

Posts: 97

Re: Corrupted display

When does this happens?
If it is after the screen going idle I've fount that doing

xset dpms force off
-or-
xset dpms force standby

_several times_ will eventually lead me to a good screen. I use an ATI card though.

skottish

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Registered: 2006-06-16

Posts: 7,942

Re: Corrupted display

Does this happen right after booting up or randomly under normal use? I ask because I've needed to power on my monitor(s) before the nvidia module has loaded for years. I use startx to go into X, so I see the corruption on TTY long before I get into it.

Last edited by skottish (2010-11-18 04:29:03)

kierank01

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Registered: 2009-04-25

Posts: 45

Re: Corrupted display

It happens (randomlly) after waking up the screen after the screensaver (euphoria) has been running.

I have kde set to start automatically on boot.

When it occurs, I can logout of X, the terminal is uncorrupted, but when I run startx, the screen is still corrupted.

Ill give:
xset dpms force off
-or-
xset dpms force standby
a go the next time it occurs.