nobled
January 27, 2009, 6:27am
#1
I recently upgraded to 11.1 64 bit on my Dell XPS m1530 and I’m experiencing some strange video problems. I have a 256mb Nvidia 8600 GT. After I login and before my window manager starts I either see a bunch of white boxes and static or some random icons and window fragments (depending on if I’m logging in for the first time of if I have logged out and then I’m logging back in) that go away once the window fragments go away.
I have tried a few windows managers and I’ve noticed the following behavior:
If I use any type of compositing my window manager will freeze randomly after a few seconds to several minutes.
If I use KDE 4 I get a bunch of random static or other strange image distorting (it is much worse if compositing is on then off, but happens either way). And KDE 4 will freeze randomly with compositing off as well as on.
The only 3D game I have tried so far is UT 2004 which will close randomly before I can finish a game.
I have tried both the nvidia drivers that load from yast and trying to download the latest ones from nvidia’s site but I see the same behavior either way.
If anyone has any ideas on how I can fix these problems I’d greatly appreciate it.
Thanks,
nobled
January 27, 2009, 6:29am
#2
Here is my xorg.conf as it is right now:
# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2009-01-14T16:51:41-0700.
#
# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list <https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/URW"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xtest"
FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
Option "ZapWarning" "on"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "dbe"
Load "glx"
Load "freetype"
Load "dri"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "kbd"
Identifier "Keyboard[0]"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbModel" "microsoftpro"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "Buttons" "10"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Name" "Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse"
Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "synaptics"
Identifier "Mouse[3]"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.1"
Option "BottomEdge" "650"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "CircScrollDelta" "0.1"
Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2"
Option "CircularScrolling" "1"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" "15"
Option "EdgeMotionMinSpeed" "15"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "75"
Option "FingerHigh" "17"
Option "FingerLow" "14"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
Option "InputFashion" "Mouse"
Option "LeftEdge" "120"
Option "MaxSpeed" "3"
Option "MaxTapMove" "110"
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.2"
Option "Name" "ALPS;Touchpad"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "RightEdge" "830"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Option "TopEdge" "120"
Option "UpDownScrolling" "1"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "20"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "synaptics"
Identifier "Mouse[5]"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.1"
Option "BottomEdge" "650"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "CircScrollDelta" "0.1"
Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2"
Option "CircularScrolling" "1"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" "15"
Option "EdgeMotionMinSpeed" "15"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "75"
Option "FingerHigh" "17"
Option "FingerLow" "14"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
Option "InputFashion" "Mouse"
Option "LeftEdge" "120"
Option "MaxSpeed" "3"
Option "MaxTapMove" "110"
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.2"
Option "Name" "ALPS;Touchpad"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "RightEdge" "830"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Option "TopEdge" "120"
Option "UpDownScrolling" "1"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "20"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Option "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool"
DisplaySize 332 207
HorizSync 31-65
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "Laptop Display Panel 1680x1050"
Option "PreferredMode" "1680x1050"
VendorName "DELL"
VertRefresh 56-65
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection
Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1600x900" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1360x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1600x900" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1360x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1600x900" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1360x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1680x1050" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050" "1600x900" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1366x768" "1360x768" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1280x720" "1024x768" "1280x600" "1024x600" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection
Section "Device"
BoardName "GeForce 8600M GT"
Driver "nvidia"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Screen 0
VendorName "NVidia"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Mouse[3]" "SendCoreEvents"
Option "Clone" "off"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
Screen "Screen[0]"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0660
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "on"
EndSection
nobled
January 27, 2009, 6:38am
#3
I also get lines similar to these in my /var/log/messages when I have problems:
kernel: NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 13, 0001 00000000 0000502d 0000024c 000000b8 00000100
kernel: NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 13, 0001 00000000 00005097 000015e0 00000000 00000100
kernel: NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 13, 0001 00000000 00005097 000015e0 00000000 00000100
kernel: NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 13, 0001 00000000 00005097 000015e0 00000000 00000100
kernel: NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 13, 0001 00000000 00005097 00000538 00000000 00000040
kernel: NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 13, 0001 00000000 00005097 00000538 3f800000 00000040
kernel: NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 13, 0001 00000000 00005097 00000538 3f800000 00000040
kernel: NVRM: Xid (0001:00): 13, 0001 00000000 00005097 00000538 3f800000 00000040
user
January 27, 2009, 5:16pm
#4
I compiled the Nvidia 180.25 driver and installed it. It solved a few issues wrt restarting x when logging out, suspend/hibernate and a few other minor issues. Anyway it runs smoothly with NVS 140.The gobbled screen issue when the driver is activated is still there, but not as bad as it was.
nobled
January 28, 2009, 12:22am
#5
180.22 is what I’ve tried and I still have the same problems with it.
nobled
January 28, 2009, 12:24am
#6
Where did you get 180.25 from? I’m only seeing 180.22 on their site.
Thanks,
nobled
January 28, 2009, 1:02am
#7