Bug#627608: nvidia-glx: Notifications cause black area in top left of screen

Manuel Bilderbeek manuel at msxnet.org
Sun May 22 16:40:31 UTC 2011


Package: nvidia-glx
Version: 270.41.06-1
Severity: normal

Since a few days (update of nVIdia drivers and Xorg), whenver I get a
'tray notification' (e.g. X-Chat, Rhythmbox), I get a black rectangle of
the same size as a notification on the top left of my screen. It just
becomes black. When drag a window over it, it becomes painted normally
again. It appears exactly when a 'tray notification' appears in the
lower right corner of my desktop.

I don't know if this is a bug in nVidia drivers or in the new Xorg...
Just reporting it here as a first guess...

-- Package-specific info:
uname -a:
Linux sonata 2.6.38-2-amd64 #1 SMP Sun May 8 13:51:57 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux

/proc/version:
Linux version 2.6.38-2-amd64 (Debian 2.6.38-5) (ben at decadent.org.uk) (gcc version 4.4.6 (Debian 4.4.6-3) ) #1 SMP Sun May 8 13:51:57 UTC 2011

/proc/driver/nvidia/version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  270.41.06  Mon Apr 18 14:53:56 PDT 2011
GCC version:  gcc version 4.4.6 (Debian 4.4.6-2) 

lspci 'VGA compatible controller [0300]':
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce 8800 GT] [10de:0611] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
	Region 0: Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Region 1: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Region 3: Memory at fa000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
	Region 5: I/O ports at cc00 [size=128]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at fe9e0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia

OpenGL and NVIDIA library files installed:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       35 Sep 20  2010 /etc/alternatives/libGL.so -> /usr/lib/nvidia/diversions/libGL.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       26 Sep 13  2010 /etc/alternatives/libGL.so.1 -> /usr/lib/nvidia/libGL.so.1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       26 Sep 20  2010 /usr/lib/libGL.so -> /etc/alternatives/libGL.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       28 Sep 13  2010 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 -> /etc/alternatives/libGL.so.1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       26 May  3 01:06 /usr/lib/libnvidia-cfg.so.1 -> libnvidia-cfg.so.270.41.06
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   132584 Apr 19 00:13 /usr/lib/libnvidia-cfg.so.270.41.06
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27484528 Apr 19 00:09 /usr/lib/libnvidia-glcore.so.270.41.06
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     6008 Apr 19 00:12 /usr/lib/libnvidia-tls.so.270.41.06
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       12 Mar 20 11:40 /usr/lib32/libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   401528 Jul 15  2010 /usr/lib32/libGL.so.1.2

/usr/lib/nvidia:
total 7360
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root    4096 May 13 18:29 .
drwxr-xr-x 322 root root  159744 May 22 18:20 ..
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root    1294 Feb 22 19:37 check-for-conflicting-opengl-libraries
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root    4096 May 17 22:04 diversions
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root      18 May  3 01:06 libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.270.41.06
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 1008272 Apr 19 00:10 libGL.so.270.41.06
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root      19 May  3 01:06 libglx.so -> libglx.so.270.41.06
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 6327720 Apr 19 00:12 libglx.so.270.41.06
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root     441 Feb 22 19:37 pre-install

/usr/lib/nvidia/diversions:
total 916
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   4096 May 17 22:04 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root   4096 May 13 18:29 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    189 Mar 22 07:38 dummy.txt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     10 May  2 12:39 libGL.so -> libGL.so.1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root     12 May  2 12:39 libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 474024 May  2 12:39 libGL.so.1.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 438632 Apr 28 14:26 libglx.so

Files from nvidia-installer:


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages nvidia-glx depends on:
ii  dpkg                         1.16.0.3    Debian package management system
ii  libc6                        2.13-4      Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgl1-nvidia-glx [libgl1-nv 270.41.06-1 NVIDIA binary OpenGL libraries
ii  libglx-nvidia-alternatives   270.41.06-1 simplifies replacing Xorg module l
ii  nvidia-common                20110426+1  NVIDIA binary graphics driver supp
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms [nvidia-k 270.41.06-1 NVIDIA binary kernel module DKMS s
ii  xserver-xorg-core [xorg-vide 2:1.10.1-2  Xorg X server - core server

Versions of packages nvidia-glx recommends:
ii  nvidia-vdpau-driver          270.41.06-1 NVIDIA vdpau driver

Versions of packages nvidia-glx suggests:
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms [nvidia-k 270.41.06-1 NVIDIA binary kernel module DKMS s
ii  nvidia-settings              195.36.24-1 Tool for configuring the NVIDIA gr

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-dkms depends on:
ii  dkms                          2.1.1.2-6  Dynamic Kernel Module Support Fram
ii  nvidia-kernel-common          20110426+1 NVIDIA binary kernel module suppor

nvidia-kernel-dkms recommends no packages.

Versions of packages nvidia-glx is related to:
ii  linux-headers-2.6-amd64 [lin 2.6.38+34   Header files for Linux 2.6-amd64 (
ii  linux-headers-2.6.32-5-amd64 2.6.32-31   Header files for Linux 2.6.32-5-am
ii  linux-headers-2.6.38-2-amd64 2.6.38-5    Header files for Linux 2.6.38-2-am
ii  nvidia-glx [nvidia-glx]      270.41.06-1 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
ii  nvidia-kernel-common         20110426+1  NVIDIA binary kernel module suppor
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms [nvidia-k 270.41.06-1 NVIDIA binary kernel module DKMS s
pn  nvidia-kernel-source         <none>      (no description available)
ii  xserver-xorg                 1:7.6+6     the X.Org X server
ii  xserver-xorg-core            2:1.10.1-2  Xorg X server - core server

-- no debconf information





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