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[Jim Louvau <james.louvau@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Any time I leave graphics mode (ctl-alt-f1, logout, suspend, shutdown,
etc) video gets corrupted, sort of like looking through frosted glass or
bad TV reception. Going back to the GUI does not fix the problem, nor
does restarting X/gdm. So far my only "fix" is a reboot. In the GUI I
have zero issues. I can play games, edit photos, play movies with no
artifacts or problems. Leaving the GUI recreates the issue 100%.

I have tried disablig frame buffers (nofb), with and without desktop
effects enabled, the 180, 185 and 190 nvidia drivers to no avail. I also
don't see the issue with the xorg driver, only with the proprietary
ones.

This is on an Asus N51 laptop with a m240GT card (~9600GT).

I see nothing disturbing in dmesg.

I also see multicolored random junk lines on the bottom half of the
display during a shutdown (usplash?).

Attached are pictures of tty, GUI after returning from the corrupt tty
and a shutdown.

What you can't see in the pictures is that the distortion is not fixed,
it continuously jitters.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Nov 13 19:23:49 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. N51Vn
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: nvidia-glx-185 185.18.36-0ubuntu9
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=b32add1c-69c0-4d5c-8379-f9aed80481a1 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu7
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-180
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:2087): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:2087): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (nautilus:2170): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2215): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (gnome-panel:2169): Gdk-WARNING **: /build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.18.3/gdk/x11/gdkdrawable-x11.c:952 drawable is not a pixmap or window
dmi.bios.date: 08/13/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 217
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: N51Vn
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr217:bd08/13/2009:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnN51Vn:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnN51Vn:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: N51Vn
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 architecture:       x86_64kernel:             2.6.31-14-generic

** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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Corrupt video leaving graphics mode
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/482456
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