Ubuntu
compiz package

  1. Bug #269904
  2. Comment #115

Comment 115 for bug 269904

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kiomava (kioma-kioma) wrote : Re: Screen refresh problems with nvidia on intrepid

I've been using the aplattner-patched compiz version for a few days now, no compiz tweaks (no messing with loose bindings or indirect rendering or similar), updating to the latest intrepid at least daily. I also haven't messed with nvidia-settings, as I have done in the past with Hardy. I have apt set up with a pin priority to avoid accidentally updating to an unpatched compiz. I use terminal all the time, and firefox, among other things, and haven't seen any of the refresh problems I saw before. I did see very frequent problems in terminal before the patch, especially it seemed when scrolling/paging and with the cursor at the bottom of the window.

But no refresh/damage-related problems at all after that patch, and I've been trying to push it the last few days. More details about my setup:

Nvidia 177.80 driver, installed using administration/hardware drivers thing (not directly from nvidia installer or envy)
2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Oct 14 18:40:44 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
Dell D830
nVidia Corporation Quadro NVS 135M (rev a1)

nvidia-settings InitialPixmapPlacement is 1 (the default)
nvidia-settings GlyphCache is 0 (also default)

Also someone mentioned about nvidia hardware problems being important to consider, but since I boot to XP and Hardy and don't see problems I don't think that's a factor for me.