Public bug reported: When using my Quadro K620 with the nouveau driver, the screen scintillates. This is more perceptible on the SDDM login screen and when viewing the desktop background. This does not happen when driving the GPU with the closed NVIDIA driver.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2 Uname: Linux 4.17.0-996-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Fri Aug 3 09:22:34 2018 DistUpgraded: 2018-07-01 17:39:22,208 DEBUG Running PostInstallScript: './xorg_fix_proprietary.py' DistroCodename: bionic DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 5.2.10, 4.15.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox, 5.2.10, 4.15.0-29-generic, x86_64: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: I just need to know a workaround GraphicsCard: Subsystem: Dell HD Graphics P530 [1028:06b7] NVIDIA Corporation GM107GL [Quadro K620] [10de:13bb] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation GM107GL [Quadro K620] [10de:1098] InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-07 (694 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision Tower 3620 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.17.0-996-generic root=UUID=cfbd19c8-1ab6-4c40-9d40-26479783657f ro video=DP-1:3840x2160 resume=PARTUUID=06a1b832-1aa6-48fe-8118-65f8c27f1091 SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-07-01 (32 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 06/11/2018 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: 2.10.2 dmi.board.name: 09WH54 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr2.10.2:bd06/11/2018:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionTower3620:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn09WH54:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.family: Precision dmi.product.name: Precision Tower 3620 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. drirc: <driconf> </driconf> version.compiz: compiz N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.92+git20180609.c1f2d9b9-0ubuntu0ricotz~18.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~18.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~18.04.1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.5-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:18.0.1-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20171229-1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2 xserver.bootTime: Fri Aug 3 09:20:31 2018 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4 xserver.video_driver: nouveau ** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic possible-manual-nvidia-install third-party-packages ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1785184 Title: Screen scintillation with Nvidia GPU and nouveau To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1785184/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp