Public bug reported: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit into Gnome Shell 2. Observe black flashing squares near Activities button
Observed results: I'm on 11.10 Gnome Shell, and about once a day, there's a screen corruption around the "Activities" button right after boot: a random group of black squares flashing on and off. If I continue working, the corruption will get worse, and the top of the screen fills with garbage spreading from left to right. See attached screenshots. Eventually, Ubuntu crashes to the login screen. Only occurs right after login. If it doesn't happen then, it never happens, so right now, when I see it, I log out and back in and I'm good. Notes: My PC is a desktop. Hardware: CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Six Core Processor AM3 3.2GHZ Graphics: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 1GB Fermi 760MHZ Software: Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit Gnome Shell Nvidia 290.10 drivers ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-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 290.10 Wed Nov 16 17:39:29 PST 2011 GCC version: gcc version 4.6.1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.1-9ubuntu3) .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,gnomecompat,move,water,regex,vpswitch,imgpng,place,mousepoll,grid,animation,resize,unitymtgrabhandles,wall,wobbly,session,workarounds,expo,fade,scale,ezoom,unityshell] CompositorRunning: None Date: Sat Dec 3 10:41:20 2011 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: oneiric DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 290.10, 3.0.0-13-generic, x86_64: installed DpkgLog: ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: nVidia Corporation GF104 [GeForce GTX 460] [10de:0e22] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:34fc] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) 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: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M. ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-generic root=UUID=e481fddc-5155-4fdf-b0fb-ef8e9a2c1e31 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) XorgConf: Section "Device" Identifier "Default Device" Option "NoLogo" "True" EndSection dmi.bios.date: 05/20/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 080015 dmi.board.name: JW-A870T-UC3 dmi.board.vendor: JW Technology dmi.board.version: V1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080015:bd05/20/2010:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnJWTechnology:rnJW-A870T-UC3:rvrV1.0:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu6 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu26 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1 ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug corruption oneiric patch ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/899669 Title: Screen Corruption and crash after Gnome Shell login To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/899669/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs