Comment 285 for bug 269904

On Thu, 2 Apr 2009, Bryce Harrington wrote:

> In Jaunty (9.04), we have just updated to the latest
> nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package from nVidia, version 180.44.
>
> This package provides fixes for a large number of bugs, and we need your
> assistance in testing if it fixes the issue you reported.
>
> To do this, please do the following:
>
> a. Update to the 180.44 version of -nvidia using your favorite update
> method
>
> b. Attempt to reproduce your bug

After about 2 weeks of testing, I can state that it remains, although its
frequency has gone down to nearly zero. I can't even talk about it in
terms of frequency, because I saw it only once during 2 weeks. But the
fact that I saw it once may be significant. The affected application was
firefox (which was formerly more prone to this problem than most other
apps). I opened a new window and loaded the front page of youtube,
scrolled down, and saw the page in the same familiar condition, where a
narrow band on top is copied twice, while the rest of the window image is
out of sync with the text (the hyperlinks are not in the same places
where they are shown).

I have a feeling that with the newest workarounds, the bug has been chased
into some dark corner, where it is no longer reproducible.

Regards,

--Gene