For some reason or the other, after some time the graphics on my computer becomes distorted. I had this issue before reinstalling my operating system, I thought that reinstalling the operating system would fix these issues, but they still remain. Also, I never encountered this issue before upgrading from openSUSE 11.2 to openSUSE 11.3. Of course, restarting my computer fixes this issue.
An example of what I am talking about can be found here:
http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/5734/distorteddesktop.th.png ](http://img812.imageshack.us/i/distorteddesktop.png/ )
Thank you for your help.
Specifications:
ah7013
January 16, 2011, 3:17am
2
Can you please post output of
/sbin/lspci -nnk
and
/usr/sbin/hwinfo --gfxcard
lspci -nnk
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 0c)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cc]
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 0c)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cc]
Kernel driver in use: i915
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a03] (rev 0c)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cc]
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cc]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cc]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cc]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cc]
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2841] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6 [8086:2849] (rev 03)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cc]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cc]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cc]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cc]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cc]
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cc]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller [8086:2829] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cc]
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cc]
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection [8086:4229] (rev 61)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Vaio VGN-SZ79SN_C [8086:1100]
Kernel driver in use: iwlagn
06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cc]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
07:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller [1180:0832] (rev 05)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cc]
Kernel driver in use: ohci1394
07:09.1 SD Host controller [0805]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter [1180:0822] (rev 22)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cc]
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
07:09.2 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter [1180:0592] (rev 12)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cc]
07:09.3 System peripheral [0880]: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller [1180:0852] (rev 12)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cc]
hwinfo --gfxcard
09: PCI 02.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA)
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: _Znp.TwSaMK4cy15
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:00:02.0
Hardware Class: graphics card
Model: "Intel 965 GM"
Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
Device: pci 0x2a02 "965 GM"
SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
SubDevice: pci 0x30cc
Revision: 0x0c
Driver: "i915"
Driver Modules: "drm"
Memory Range: 0xf8000000-0xf80fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
Memory Range: 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff (ro,non-prefetchable)
I/O Ports: 0x1800-0x1807 (rw)
IRQ: 28 (19066 events)
I/O Ports: 0x3c0-0x3df (rw)
Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d00002A02sv0000103Csd000030CCbc03sc00i00"
Driver Info #0:
XFree86 v4 Server Module: intel
Driver Info #1:
XFree86 v4 Server Module: intel
3D Support: yes
Extensions: dri
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
10: PCI 02.1: 0380 Display controller
[Created at pci.318]
Unique ID: ruGf._MqCGANGEfA
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1
SysFS BusID: 0000:00:02.1
Hardware Class: graphics card
Model: "Intel Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller"
Vendor: pci 0x8086 "Intel Corporation"
Device: pci 0x2a03 "Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller"
SubVendor: pci 0x103c "Hewlett-Packard Company"
SubDevice: pci 0x30cc
Revision: 0x0c
Memory Range: 0xf8100000-0xf81fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
Module Alias: "pci:v00008086d00002A03sv0000103Csd000030CCbc03sc80i00"
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Primary display adapter: #9
ah7013
January 16, 2011, 3:46am
4
Are you able to still use the computer when the graphics are distorted or does everything freeze?
I am still able to use the computer. Nothing freezes, but sometimes, the graphics “distort” right before my eyes and there is a slight pause.
ah7013
January 16, 2011, 4:16am
6
Have you done all updates? What KDE version are you running? - You can find out KDE version by doing:
kded4 --version
in Konsole
Also post
zypper lr -d
The system that I installed used KDE 4.4.4, but still had the errors. I thought that upgrading to KDE 4.5 would fix them, but it did not. I have not done all the updates, and I plan to do one after posting this message. Therefore, the following will have the unupdated information of my system.
kded4 --version
Qt: 4.6.3
KDE Development Platform: 4.5.5 (KDE 4.5.5) "release 1"
KDE Daemon: $Id: kded.cpp 1156841 2010-07-29 19:59:05Z zander $
zypper lr -d
# | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service
---+-----------------------+-----------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
1 | LIBDVDCSS_11.3 | LIBDVDCSS 11.3 | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/11.3/ |
2 | Packman_11.3 | Packman 11.3 | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/11.3/ |
3 | google-chrome | google-chrome | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64 |
4 | google-talkplugin | google-talkplugin | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/rpm/stable/x86_64 |
5 | openSUSE_11.3_KDE_4.5 | openSUSE 11.3 KDE 4.5 | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Release:/45/openSUSE_11.3/ |
6 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.3-Debug | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/ |
7 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.3-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss/ |
8 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.3-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/ |
9 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.3-Source | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/ |
10 | repo-update | openSUSE-11.3-Update | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/ |
ah7013
January 16, 2011, 6:24am
8
Hmmm this is beyond me. Everything looks in order :dont-know:
i’m gonna go out on a limb with this one… I’d say it is a hardware problem., I’d check the monitor and cables first, Do you have another system to use with that monitor?
AdmiralFubar, the machine is a laptop, so I do not think that I can do that.
You can boot from an Ubuntu live CD (for example) and play a little bit with it for a couple hours - since you said in your first post that it happens “after some time”. What you described would also tip me off that it could be a hardware (overheating) problem.
