FS#30489 : NVIDIA 302.17 causes display problems

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FS#30489 - NVIDIA 302.17 causes display problems

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Bartosz Platak (norfavrell) - Saturday, 30 June 2012, 01:12 GMT
Last edited by Gaetan Bisson (vesath) - Friday, 06 July 2012, 02:07 GMT

Task Type	Bug Report
Category	Packages: Extra
Status	Closed
Assigned To	No-one
Architecture	x86_64
Severity	Medium
Priority	Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version	Undecided
Due Date	Undecided
Percent Complete
Votes	0
Private	No

Details

Description:
After installing NVIDIA 302.17 driver with GNOME, every now and then windows become corrupted and display a grid over the window content. This happens at random while using the system, affecting all the windows except few (Skype, conky-dock and youtube flash videos seem to be unaffected). The problem was solved by downgrading to 295.59.

Additional info:
* package version(s):
nvidia 302.17-1
xorg-server 1.12.2-1
gdm 3.4.1-2

* config and/or log files etc.

* GPU: GeForce GT220

Steps to reproduce:
1. Install nvidia and nvidia-utils
pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils
2. Use the system normally. Viewing a lot of flash videos seem to cause this more often than usually.
3. After some time random grid appears over the windows.