Tom Fogal, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com /daily-live/current/ .
If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report: apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number> Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Please do not test the daily folder, but the one all the way at the bottom. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags: kernel-fixed-upstream kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested. For example: kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.11-rc5 This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag: needs-upstream-testing If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags: kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER As well, please remove the tag: needs-upstream-testing Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/746174 Title: 10de:08a2 Screen corruption on Macbook Air (Nvidia 320M) Status in Mactel Support: New Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in “nouveau-kernel-source” package in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: Binary package hint: xorg I just got a Macbook Air and tried to install Ubuntu on it. Booting up the main install disk resulted in some crazy screen corruption, and the left inch and a half or so was completely useless, since it did not appear to update other than randomly moving bits (described below). It is hard to describe. It looked as if I had a normal desktop, but overlayed on top of it was a series of 3cm vertical 'bands'. There was a staircasing effect between bands, as a small horizontal line connected them but fell between successive bands. On top of all this, pixels seemed to 'move' awkwardly, like they were dancing around after too many beers. If I had to guess, I would say my video card and display device disagreed on the resolution, and on top of that somebody Snow Crashed my desktop. Switching back to the console via ctrl-alt-f1 does not fix the problem; my console was messed up in similar ways, though it looks more like just plain Snow Crash then. There was no color in the console, of course, so I guess it just must be hard to see any banding artifacts, even if they are still there. I guess is the wrong place to mention it, but as a side note: the xorg folks semi-recently made "DontZap" the default, i.e. disabled ctrl- alt-backspace. Please make it the default on Ubuntu, it's a real pain to debug this kind of thing when you can't kill X. The fix is simple: remove "quiet splash" from the grub boot lines. Everything works then -- with both the nvidia proprietary drivers and nouveau. It might be important to note that my screen seemed fine until X started up, so it seems to be some poor interaction between the splash screen (I guess) and X's KMS? This is 10.10, maverick. I didn't try an update after installing from the CD, because it was too difficult to see what I was typing. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.49-generic 2.6.35.11 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 260.19.06 Mon Sep 13 04:29:19 PDT 2010 GCC version: gcc version 4.4.5 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.4.4-14ubuntu5) Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Mar 30 19:54:28 2011 DkmsStatus: bcmwl, 5.60.48.36+bdcom, 2.6.35-28-generic, x86_64: installed bcmwl, 5.60.48.36+bdcom, 2.6.35-22-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-current, 260.19.06, 2.6.35-28-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia-current, 260.19.06, 2.6.35-22-generic, x86_64: installed InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookAir3,1 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-28-generic root=UUID=f2123c85-84bb-45ca-93f3-61e22edb3523 ro ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display dmi.bios.date: 11/18/10 dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.bios.version: MBA31.88Z.0061.B01.1011181342 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag# dmi.board.name: Mac-942452F5819B1C1B dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Mac-942452F5819B1C1B dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBA31.88Z.0061.B01.1011181342:bd11/18/10:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookAir3,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-942452F5819B1C1B:rvr1.0:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-942452F5819B1C1B: dmi.product.name: MacBookAir3,1 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc. system: distro: Ubuntu codename: maverick architecture: x86_64 kernel: 2.6.35-28-generic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mactel-support/+bug/746174/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
