Activity log for bug #421048

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2009-08-29 11:56:57 ruru bug added bug
2009-08-31 10:41:21 Nick Trew affects ubuntu xorg (Ubuntu)
2009-08-31 12:02:05 Bryce Harrington tags needs-xorglog
2009-08-31 12:02:07 Bryce Harrington tags needs-xorglog needs-lspci-vvnn needs-xorglog
2009-08-31 12:02:11 Bryce Harrington xorg (Ubuntu): status New Incomplete
2009-08-31 16:34:25 ruru attachment added Output of lspci -vvnn http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31074605/lspci%20-vvnn.txt
2009-08-31 16:35:30 ruru attachment added Output of dmesg http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31074689/dmesg.txt
2009-08-31 16:36:43 ruru attachment added Xorg.0.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31074758/Xorg.0.log
2009-08-31 16:38:00 ruru attachment added Xorg.0.log.old http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31074820/Xorg.0.log.old
2009-08-31 16:40:50 ruru attachment added /etc/X11/xorg.conf http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31074921/xorg.conf
2009-08-31 16:44:47 ruru attachment added Screenshot http://launchpadlibrarian.net/31075068/2009-08-31_181938.jpg
2009-09-01 11:00:59 Bryce Harrington affects xorg (Ubuntu) nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu)
2009-09-02 22:56:14 Bryce Harrington nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu): status Incomplete Confirmed
2009-09-02 22:58:10 Bryce Harrington tags needs-lspci-vvnn needs-xorglog intrepid needs-lspci-vvnn needs-xorglog
2009-10-09 22:18:50 Bryce Harrington description On logging in to Ubuntu, sometimes there are randomly placed black dots on the screen. I have seen this problem on an old Hardy install on a PPC and on my current Intrepid install running on an Intel Q9550. Another machine with Intrepid on an Athlon has never exhibited this problem. All were 64-bit installs. The dots are black pixels and not window or virtual desktop dependent (they remain in the same place regardless of what the OS draws on screen). Occasionally some may appear or disappear and sometimes they all go away and return at random times. I have discovered that simply logging out of the session and logging back in to X clears this problem (I have had many weeks of uptime after this, so am certain that it is a permanent fix). The dots do not affect any function of the OS, and can be fixed (for me) by restarting X (as above), but they are an unnecessary ugliness for those users that are affected. My guess is that the issue is with the X server - but I am not sure how to verify this. There is a thread (784045) about this on the Ubuntu forums (http://ubuntu-ky.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=784045) On logging in to Ubuntu, sometimes there are randomly placed black dots on the screen. I have seen this problem on an old Hardy install on a PPC and on my current Intrepid install running on an Intel Q9550. Another machine with Intrepid on an Athlon has never exhibited this problem. All were 64-bit installs. The dots are black pixels and not window or virtual desktop dependent (they remain in the same place regardless of what the OS draws on screen). Occasionally some may appear or disappear and sometimes they all go away and return at random times. I have discovered that simply logging out of the session and logging back in to X clears this problem (I have had many weeks of uptime after this, so am certain that it is a permanent fix). The dots do not affect any function of the OS, and can be fixed (for me) by restarting X (as above), but they are an unnecessary ugliness for those users that are affected. My guess is that the issue is with the X server - but I am not sure how to verify this. There is a thread (784045) about this on the Ubuntu forums (http://ubuntu-ky.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=784045) [lspci] 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller [8086:2e20] (rev 02) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:82d3] 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation GeForce 9500 GT [10de:0640] (rev a1) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:1337]
2010-04-06 11:35:37 Paul van Genderen attachment added lspci.out http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43238354/lspci.out
2010-04-06 11:36:24 Paul van Genderen attachment added dmesg http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43238388/dmesg
2010-04-06 11:37:06 Paul van Genderen attachment added Xorg.0.log http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43238402/Xorg.0.log
2010-04-06 11:37:34 Paul van Genderen attachment added xorg.conf http://launchpadlibrarian.net/43238448/xorg.conf
2010-05-14 12:04:09 Bryce Harrington tags intrepid needs-lspci-vvnn needs-xorglog hardy intrepid needs-lspci-vvnn needs-xorglog
2011-04-28 04:08:33 bugbot nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu): status Confirmed New
2011-04-28 04:08:34 bugbot nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu): status New Incomplete
2011-04-28 23:49:11 Bryce Harrington nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu): status Incomplete New
2011-04-28 23:51:16 Bryce Harrington nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu): status New Incomplete
2011-05-08 22:17:07 stop bug added subscriber whoop
2011-05-09 23:00:23 stop attachment added desktop.png https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180/+bug/421048/+attachment/2121849/+files/desktop.png
2011-05-09 23:00:58 stop nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu): status Incomplete New
2011-05-10 17:04:25 Joseph Coffland removed subscriber Joseph Coffland
2011-06-03 21:45:06 andornaut attachment added lspci -vvnn output https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180/+bug/421048/+attachment/2154146/+files/lspci.txt
2011-06-03 21:45:17 andornaut bug added subscriber andornaut
2011-08-25 07:50:22 lattenwald attachment added lspci -vvnn https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180/+bug/421048/+attachment/2312084/+files/lspci.txt
2011-08-25 07:51:00 lattenwald attachment added screenshot of the problem https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180/+bug/421048/+attachment/2312087/+files/nvidia.png
2013-03-25 07:31:10 Launchpad Janitor nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed