- - help! - - display gets rasterized / messed up - - is it ubuntu, flash, firefox??

[komodo-dragon]

Greetings all! My wife and I get this problem sometimes when we switch between users on our Ubuntu (Jaunty Jackalope) system.

The screen gets REALLY hosed. I hope you're able to open the attached screenshot. Please note that there is a "SPACE" within the url - be sure to copy the entire link :

picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/uOlwQ8yk0yGLVuWbt6EAGQ?authkey=Gv1sRgCObRwqWw7fKWX w&feat=directlink

Some of the info is residual from the OTHER user's session! Very odd!!

Interestingly, the Ubuntu panels are still perfectly readable.

I wonder if Flash might be implicated, but am unable to tell. Any ideas welcome!

Firefox is at 3.5 (Shiretoko). Our system has 6GB main memory and we're using a NVIDIA 9400 (1 GB video) with version 180 drivers. (I had tried the experimental 185 but had no luck with that one.)

thanks in advance!

[devils casper]

Post the contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file here.

[komodo-dragon]

Devils', Thanks for your response! The file is below:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder63) Wed May 27 03:15:36 PD
T 2009

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
# generated from default
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

[devils casper]

Edit Monitor and Screen Sections :

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier "Monitor0"
        HorizSync 30.0 - 71.0
        VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
          Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device "Device0"
        Monitor "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth 24
        SubSection "Display"
                     Depth 24
                        Modes        "1280x1024" "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

[komodo-dragon]

Is it OK to add more resolutions - esp. 1920x1200?

Thanks very much for your help!, you rock!

[devils casper]

Is it OK to add more resolutions - esp. 1920x1200?

Yes. You can add supported resolutions in modes line.

[komodo-dragon]

Thanks again, Devils! I'm not exactly sure what was wrong (or why) - but hey, if the problem was solved, I am very grateful!

Best regards, and many thanks!