This is happening for me as well, though I thought it was due to the new nvidia driver 319.23 in the xorg-edgers repo. Turning off hardware accel in the flash settings brings it back to normal. I'm using gnome-shell and ubuntu 13.04.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1016279 Title: awkward color display on video Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: There is screen corruption (though non-invasive), when playing flash video playback (latest using flash with ubuntu's canonical repo).. I don't think it's a flash issue because I get very limitted E-did scanning in the X log and because of what's in ~/.xsession-errors (attached is my x log) (When video is played back on youtube for eg, people's skin color appear blue -- not all of them, for eg, on these two are problematic and didnt have to look far from youtube's front page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT2ZD0q3wU4&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0PK-V96hb0&feature=g-logo-xit -- I know flash is being used (and not html5), because I can do rt-click and get the flash context menu (flash edition trivia- 11.2.202.236) --Using gnome-classic (no effects) (sorry I'm not using unity and didnt try with unity, I'll report if it works fine under unity) ) cat .xsession-errors " (gnome-settings-daemon:2215): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to get edid: unable to get EDID for output (gnome-settings-daemon:2215): color-plugin-WARNING **: unable to get EDID for xrandr-default: unable to get EDID for output (gnome-settings-daemon:2215): color-plugin-WARNING **: failed to reset xrandr-default gamma tables: gamma size is zero ** Message: applet now removed from the notification area ** Message: using fallback from indicator to GtkStatusIcon ** Message: moving back from GtkStatusIcon to indicator " dpkg -l|grep -i nvidia " ii nvidia-common 1:0.2.44 Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers ii nvidia-current 295.40-0ubuntu1 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library ii nvidia-settings 295.33-0ubuntu1 Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver " Edid information is very limitted in this log.. " [ 24.153] (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (95, 96); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config " ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 295.40 Thu Apr 5 21:37:00 PDT 2012 GCC version: gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,gnomecompat,session,imgpng,regex,mousepoll,compiztoolbox,move,workarounds,resize,ezoom] CompositorRunning: None Date: Thu Jun 21 18:17:54 2012 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: precise DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 295.40, 3.2.0-23-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce 9800 GT] [10de:0614] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: BFG Tech Device [19f1:0e79] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) JockeyStatus: xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use) xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use) MachineType: Acer Aspire M1201 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic root=UUID=2ac3b095-7f4b-4528-b396-77240faac9fe ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/26/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: R03-B1C1 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: RS740DVF dmi.board.vendor: Acer dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrR03-B1C1:bd11/26/2008:svnAcer:pnAspireM1201:pvr:rvnAcer:rnRS740DVF:rvr:cvnAcer:ct3:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: Aspire M1201 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.6-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu3 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/1016279/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
