Bruce;
I note that you are running an alpha version of Ubuntu with the
proprietary nvidia driver. Have you tried running it with the open
source nv driver? I agree with Mark that changing the driver could mask
the problem if it's hardware, but who knows if the nvidia driver for an
Alpha OS is working correctly.
Are you using gnome or kde? Can you try a different desktop to
eliminate possible bugs in the UI?
Was this same hardware/software combo running correctly in a different
distro/version? It's hard to tell with alpha software. Do you have a
live CD of 9.04?
What resolution are you running? Your monitor does 1920 x 1200 but the
card is not really built for this high of a res. If you are running a
really high resolution you should try using the DVI output instead of
vga through a KVM.
Brad
Bruce Miller wrote:
Last week, I indulged my fondness for Debian (-based distributions) and good coffee with a wallpaper that combines the two:
http://www.wallpaperlinux.com/v/Debian/Debian+Cofee+Wallpaper+Linux+Debian+Morning+Desktop.jpg.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1
There are problems. The background is a (bright?) white. The area between the two horizontal frame bars always deteriorates rapidly into colour splotches.I have previously understood this to be an early sign of the pending death of my graphics adapter.
I would be surprised if this image were over-taxing my graphics adapter, but perhaps I am not judging well the requirements of modern DEs. This is the only image I have run recently which gives this kind of problem.
I am running Kubuntu Karmic (9.10) Alpha on a Core 2 Duo with 4 GB RAM. According to lshw, the graphics adapter is:
display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: G70 [GeForce 7600 GS]
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0 module=nvidia
Should I be talking to the vendor about the graphics card? The machine is still under warranty.
Thanks in advance
Bruce
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