** Description changed: - Binary package hint: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.12-10-686-nvidia- - legacy + Binary package hint: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24.2 I have a random display resolution problem which also has been mentioned by others on the Ubuntu Forums. I have been using the nVidia restricted driver. 30% of the times I start up, the resolution is low (probably 640x480 or 800x600) at the "greeter" screen (login screen), and the other 70% of the startups have the resolution I actually have set in the preferences. When I login and get the Gnome desktop, the resolution is the same as it was at the login screen. When it is in the low-res mode, the top panel is very confused. The normal "System" menu is missing (probably overlaid by other icons on the panel). When I hover, the wrong tooltip pops up for some of the panel items as though there is something very wrong with the mapping between mouse pointer position and the icon positions. This happens on Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04 alpha 2 with the same probabilities, when using the nVidia restricted driver. That is, for 10 startups, I get 3 of the wrong resolution, randomly. When I use ctrl-alt-backspace to shutdown the X server and it restarts without doing a complete warm boot of the system, the same thing happens - randomly. My computer has a GeForce FX 5500 nVidia graphics adapter, - using the nVidia restricted driver. I tried it again with the open- - source driver just to see if it is a driver bug rather than an X.org - bug. That is, I used Restricted Drivers Manager to remove the nVidia - proprietary driver and revert to the open source driver for nVidia - graphics adapters. Then I re-booted 10 consecutive times on the same - computer as before. This time there were no low-resolution startup - mistakes; every time the resolution was correct at the login (greeter) - screen and on the desktop after I logged in. My conclusion: This is - probably a bug in the nVidia restricted (proprietary) driver. + randomly. My computer has a Celeron processor and a GeForce FX 5500 + nVidia graphics adapter, using the nVidia restricted driver. I tried it + again with the open-source driver just to see if it is a driver bug + rather than an X.org bug. That is, I used Restricted Drivers Manager + to remove the nVidia proprietary driver and revert to the open source + driver for nVidia graphics adapters. Then I re-booted 10 consecutive + times on the same computer as before. This time there were no low- + resolution startup mistakes; every time the resolution was correct at + the login (greeter) screen and on the desktop after I logged in. My + conclusion: This is probably a bug in the nVidia restricted + (proprietary) driver.
-- [nVidia proprietary driver] Display resolution randomly starts at low resolution instead of the chosen resolution when using nVidia proprietary driver but not a problem with open-source driver. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179020 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
