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[Steven Peralta <sfperalta57@xxxxxxxxx>]

Additional info:  video artifacts only appear when display is connected to
graphics card over VGA.  When the same display is connected over DVI, no
artifacts are seen.

When booted into Mac OS X 10.5.8 on the same machine, video is clean over
both connection types.


On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Bryce Harrington <bryce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

> ** Tags added: lucid
>
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> 10.0.4 powermac g5 video artifacts
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/578603
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> Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs
>
> Installed 10.04 side-by-side with existing 9.10 partition.  When booted
> into 10.04 upon login to primary account, display shows a dark, oscillating
> band (approx 20-30 pixels wide) near the left edge of the display, extending
> the entire height of the display.  Display mode is 1440x900, 60Hz.
>
> If window containing white background is moved to overlay the affected
> area, a strong green tint is cast over the entire display area.
>
> When booted into 9.10 partition, none of these artifacts are present.
>
> $ lsb_release -rd
> Description:    Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
> Release:        10.04
>
> Expected behavior: display appears without described artifacts.
>
> Artifacts do not appear to affect the functionality of the system, only the
> quality of the display.
>
> Screen shot (gnome-screenshot) does not contain artifacts, so I assume the
> problem is in the graphics driver, although I do not know which package
> provides that software.
>
> This is a clean installation, no additional software installed after
> installer reboot.
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10.0.4 powermac g5 video artifacts
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