Bug 5708 - screen goes black for approximately 1 second between random intervals (when using DVI-D interface)
Summary: screen goes black for approximately 1 second between random intervals (when u...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Driver/nVidia (open) (show other bugs)
Version: 6.9.0
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Linux (All)
: high normal
Assignee: Xorg Project Team
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
URL: http://www.galaxytech.com/news/36/200...
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Reported: 2006-01-24 22:08 UTC by Valentin Stoykov
Modified: 2011-09-14 12:47 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Attachments
/var/log/Xorg.0.log (39.61 KB, text/plain)
2006-01-24 22:13 UTC, Valentin Stoykov 		no flags Details
/etc/X11/xorg.conf (30.37 KB, text/plain)
2006-01-24 22:14 UTC, Valentin Stoykov 		no flags Details
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Description Valentin Stoykov 2006-01-24 22:08:13 UTC 
My video card is Galaxy GeForce FX 5500 (please see the URL).

valentin@darkstar:~$ /sbin/lspci   | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5500]
(rev a1)
valentin@darkstar:~$

Part of xorg.conf:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Auto_Configured_Card"
    Driver "nv"
    VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName   "NV34 [GeForce FX 5500]"
EndSection


When I using the DVI-D interface, the screen goes black for approximately 1
second between random intervals (sometimes 30 minutes, sometimes 1-2 seconds).
The period between blanks is shorter (1-2 or few seconds) when I scrolling
content in the web browser (sometimes).

When I change the configuration like this:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Auto_Configured_Card"
    Driver "nv"
    Option "ShadowFB" "on" # <-- please see this line
    VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName   "NV34 [GeForce FX 5500]"
EndSection

screen dont't goes black, but drawing the objects on the screen is too slow.


When I using the old analogue interface between monitor and video card, the
video card is working properly (but i don't like this interface because the
quality of image is low).
Comment 1 Valentin Stoykov 2006-01-24 22:13:59 UTC 
Created attachment 4453 [details]
/var/log/Xorg.0.log
Comment 2 Valentin Stoykov 2006-01-24 22:14:54 UTC 
Created attachment 4454 [details]
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
Comment 3 Valentin Stoykov 2006-01-25 04:43:28 UTC 
"between random intervals" -> "in random intervals"
Comment 4 Valentin Stoykov 2006-05-14 10:52:18 UTC 
When using proprietary nVidia driver the screen goes black too.
Comment 5 Valentin Stoykov 2006-05-14 19:22:15 UTC 
My monitor is: HP 1740
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12127_div/12127_div.HTML
Comment 6 Valentin Stoykov 2006-05-14 23:43:41 UTC 
This bug present in drivers for Windows XP too.
Comment 7 Erik Andren 2006-05-14 23:53:07 UTC 
(In reply to comment #6)
> This bug present in drivers for Windows XP too.
> 

This sounds like a hardware error/bug.
Comment 8 Daniel Stone 2007-02-27 01:30:11 UTC 
Sorry about the phenomenal bug spam, guys.  Adding xorg-team@ to the QA contact so bugs don't get lost in future.
Comment 9 Corbin Simpson 2011-09-14 12:47:00 UTC 
xf86-video-nv has been officially unmaintained for a bit now, and we are closing all -nv bugs. If your problem was not addressed, and -nv is still broken, please try xf86-video-nouveau. Thank you.

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