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Public bug reported:

hardware: XFX gtx260

nvidia-glx-180 used to work just fine under 9.04. Upgrade to 9.10 (and
finally, out of sheer frustration, re-install to 9.10) saw the
introduction of this bug. An application which makes use of GL under
Compiz causes graphics corruption and instability with Compiz. Certain
textures (read: most icons as well as some window internals, eg Firefox
page display) are replaced with corrupted messes instead of their
correct contents.

Originally, I figured this was a Compiz issue, but IT'S NOT. Upgrading my nvidia drivers to to version 190.42-0ubuntu1~karmic~nvidiavdpauppa2 by using the ppa at:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
causes the problem to cease. I've been running these drivers for a little under a week and the corruption issue which would show up from a GL-based screensaver within a day of a X restart is no more. So I'm quite confident that the 185 drivers in 9.10 at the moment (185.18.36-0ubuntu9) are the problem.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Nov 18 20:27:13 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027.1)
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027.1)
MachineType: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD MS-7551
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: nvidia-glx-185 (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-15-generic root=UUID=b1c4b542-89ba-47ad-81b1-0d01dacfc83a ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-15.50-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
 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 2.6.31-15-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 05/13/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: V3.5
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: KA780G-M (MS-7551)
dmi.board.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV3.5:bd05/13/2009:svnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:pnMS-7551:pvr1.0:rvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:rnKA780G-M(MS-7551):rvr1.0:cvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:ct3:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: MS-7551
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 architecture:       x86_64kernel:             2.6.31-15-generic

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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nvidia-glx-185 graphics corruption whilst using compiz and other gl-based apps
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484941
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