Description of problem: With latest released updates installed along with Nvidia's proprietary driver, the display is corrupted. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Kernel: 2.6.10-1.760_FC3 X11: xorg-11-6.8.1-12.FC3.21 KDE: 3.3.1-4.3.FC3 Nvidia: 6629 Video Card: Riva TNT2/TNT2 Pro 32MB rev 15. How reproducible: always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install updates noted above. 2. The Nvidia logo & login screen (kdm) sort of merge - login works, but the screen is unusable. - looks like nothing is ever cleared from the framebuffer - just new bits added. Actual results: Corrupted display. Expected results: Normal display. Additional info: This just started with the last set of updates - I do a yum update about once a week. The issue does not happen using the open source "nv" driver.
Thanks for the report. For users who are experiencing problems installing, configuring, or using the unsupported 3rd party proprietary "nvidia" video driver, Nvidia provides indirect customer support via an online web based support forum. Nvidia monitors these web forums for commonly reported problems and passes them on to Nvidia engineers for investigation. Once they've isolated a particular problem, it is often fixed in a future video driver update. The NVNews Nvidia Linux driver forum is located at: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=14 Once you have reported this issue in the Nvidia web forums, others who may have experienced the particular problem may be able to assist. If there is a real bug occuring, Nvidia will be able to determine this, and will likely resolve the issue in a future driver update for the operating system releases that they officially support. While Red Hat does not support the proprietary nvidia driver, users requiring technical support may also find the various X.Org, XFree86, and Red Hat mailing lists helpful in finding assistance: X.Org mailing lists: http://www.freedesktop.org/XOrg/XorgMailingLists XFree86 mailing lists: http://www.xfree86.org/sos/lists.html Red Hat mailing lists: https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo Setting status to "NOTABUG" (unsupported).
It turns out that the 6629 driver from nVidia is at fault here - it doesn't work sell with the older chipset(s). The previous version - 6111 - is the way to go.
Actually, I have same issue with 6111... works without recent FC3 updates, not with them.
Thanks for mentioning that here, in case anyone else encounters the problem and searches bugzilla. We strongly recommend reporting it in Nvidia's web forum, mentioned in my previous comment above also, so that Nvidia is aware of the problem with their driver, and hopefully will fix it in their next driver release. Thanks again.