[pkg-nvidia-devel] Bug#542057: nvidia-kernel-source: flickering / visual artefacts + display detection failing after suspend to ram/resume

[Matthieu Imbert]

Package: nvidia-kernel-source
Version: 185.18.14-2
Severity: normal

after upgrading nvidia-kernel-source (and nvidia-glx) from 180.29-1 to
185-18-14-2 (and upgrading at the same time from kernel 2.6.26-2 to
2.6.30-1), i get the following behaviour:

My (dell) laptop is plugged in a docking station connected to lcd
monitor. I boot with the laptop screen closed, so the primary and only
display for X is the monitor. i then open the laptop screen, launch
nvidia-settings, activate the laptop screen (resolution set to auto)
and deactivate the monitor (resolution set to off). I then suspend to
ram, unplug the laptop, then resume the system. At this point all
works perfectly.

Then i suspend to ram again, plug back the laptop to the docking
station, resume the system, then with nvidia-settings, i reactivate
the monitor and deactivate the laptop screen. Again, this works well
but from then on i get some kinds of screen "flashes" or flickering
every 5 to 30 seconds or so. Sometimes they do not occur for a while.

if at this point i restart X without rebooting the laptop,
nvidia-settings is then unable to detect the external monitor.

GPU is a Quadro NVS 135M (laptop is dell D630)

suspend to ram method is hibernate, with the following configuration:

USuspendMethod ram
Include common.conf
EnableVbetool no
USuspendRamForce true
SwitchToTextMode false
DownInterfaces auto
UpInterfaces auto
FBSplash on

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (700, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-686-bigmem (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-source depends on:
ii  debhelper                     7.3.12     helper programs for debian/rules
ii  dpatch                        2.0.31     patch maintenance system for Debia
ii  make                          3.81-6     An utility for Directing compilati
ii  sed                           4.2.1-3    The GNU sed stream editor

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-source recommends:
ii  devscripts                   2.10.53     scripts to make the life of a Debi
ii  kernel-package               12.017      A utility for building Linux kerne
ii  module-assistant             0.11.1      tool to make module package creati
ii  nvidia-glx                   185.18.14-2 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver

nvidia-kernel-source suggests no packages.

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