Bug 109932
| Summary: | NVidia GeForce2 Go graphics card gives split screen in X window | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | brian atkisson <brian> |
| Component: | XFree86 | Assignee: | X/OpenGL Maintenance List <xgl-maint> |
| Status: | CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE | QA Contact: | David Lawrence <dkl> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 1 | CC: | gbpeck |
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | MoveUpstream, Triaged |
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | i686 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Last Closed: | 2004-10-12 06:30:57 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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Description
brian atkisson
2003-11-13 03:48:41 UTC
The "nv" driver supplied with the distribution is supplied as is. Fixing bugs in the driver requires not only the source code, but also the detailed technical specifications for the video hardware, and physical access to the hardware. Nvidia does not provide 3rd parties with their technical specifications and as such, we are unable to fix bugs in the driver. Please report this problem to XFree86.org at http://bugs.xfree86.org as this is most likely a video driver bug. Attach your X server log file, and config file to the bug report, so that the Nvidia driver maintainer has some information to work with. Please paste your URL here once you've filed your bug report, and I will track this issue upstream. If a fix becomes available from Nvidia, then I will review the fix, and determine wether it is safe to apply to our driver in a future update. Just wanted to add that I also see this problem (so you don't think it's an isolated bug). I'm using an NVidia GeForce2 Go on a Dell Inspiron 8100 (same hardware as the Latitude C810). XFree86 driver is "nv". The problem happens when using APM with kernel 2.4 or 2.6, on all versions of RedHat from at least 9 through the current Fedora Development. The problem comes up when the screen turns off, whether through power management or through closing the lid. Once it turns back on, the image gets split, as the poster said. If I use ACPI, then the screen just doesn't turn back on at all (which is fodder for a different bug report). You're right that it's probably an upstream bug. This bug doesn't bother me too much, but if I get around to it, I'll post upstream and add a link here. For the original poster, an easy workaround is to press <Ctrl>-<Alt>- <F1> to switch to a text console and then press <Ctrl>-<Alt>-<F7> to switch back to XWindows. This fixes the screen for me. Since this bugzilla report was filed, there have been several major updates to the X Window System, which may resolve this issue. Users who have experienced this problem are encouraged to upgrade to the latest version of Fedora Core, which can be obtained from: If this issue turns out to still be reproduceable in the latest version of Fedora Core, please file a bug report in the X.Org bugzilla located at http://bugs.freedesktop.org in the "xorg" component. Once you've filed your bug report to X.Org, if you paste the new bug URL here, Red Hat will continue to track the issue in the centralized X.Org bug tracker, and will review any bug fixes that become available for consideration in future updates. |