Issues with nVidia Corporation C51PV [GeForce 6150] (rev a2) on AMD 64bit

[MdaG]

Hi!

I was directed here from the software section since it's believed that this might be a hardware problem.
Anyway, when I click the "Leave"-button before choosing "Shutdown" The whole screen (except for the dialogue-window containing the choices) goes "glitchy". I can't find a better word for it. It's like a distorted mess framing the choices (Shutdown, Log Out etc.).

What could be causing this?

I'm running the 64-bit 8.10 version of Kubuntu.
Unfortunately I can't provide a screenshot since the "Print screen"-feature doesn't work in that state.

Specs:

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo  
processor    : 0           
vendor_id    : AuthenticAMD     
cpu family   : 15          
model      : 107          
model name   : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+
stepping    : 2                       
cpu MHz     : 1000.000                   
cache size   : 512 KB                    
physical id   : 0                       
siblings    : 2                       
core id     : 0                       
cpu cores    : 2                       
apicid     : 0                       
initial apicid : 0                       
fpu       : yes                      
fpu_exception  : yes                      
cpuid level   : 1                       
wp       : yes                      
flags      : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow rep_good nopl pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch        
bogomips    : 2004.13                                
TLB size    : 1024 4K pages                             
clflush size  : 64                                  
cache_alignment : 64                                  
address sizes  : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual                   
power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps

$ cat /proc/meminfo 
MemTotal:   1927120 kB      
MemFree:     16212 kB      
Buffers:     13444 kB      
Cached:    1216860 kB      
SwapCached:    1832 kB      
Active:     826708 kB      
Inactive:    951520 kB      
SwapTotal:   1951888 kB      
SwapFree:   1944608 kB      
Dirty:       272 kB      
Writeback:      0 kB
AnonPages:   547704 kB
Mapped:     113824 kB
Slab:      69764 kB
SReclaimable:  34072 kB
SUnreclaim:   35692 kB
PageTables:   15540 kB
NFS_Unstable:    0 kB
Bounce:       0 kB
WritebackTmp:    0 kB
CommitLimit:  2915448 kB
Committed_AS:  797216 kB
VmallocTotal: 34359738367 kB
VmallocUsed:  310676 kB
VmallocChunk: 34359427063 kB
HugePages_Total:   0
HugePages_Free:   0
HugePages_Rsvd:   0
HugePages_Surp:   0
Hugepagesize:   2048 kB
DirectMap4k:  443264 kB
DirectMap2M:  1521664 kB

$ lspci       
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)    
00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) 
00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1) 
00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51PV [GeForce 6150] (rev a2)
00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3)
00:0a.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a3)
00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev a1)
00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:14.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
04:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)

[maxie]

Re: Issues with nVidia Corporation C51PV [GeForce 6150] (rev a2) on AMD 64bit

I've been getting this for a long time too.
No idea about why. Just been living with it.
HP dv9000 laptop 6150GO.

Sometimes after a screen blank occurs it does it too, I do Ctl + ALT + f2 (or any other than f7)
then go back Ctl + Alt + f7 and it resumes, sometimes.
But if logging out and this happens I hit Ctl + Alt + f2 (or any other than f7) these screens are all bad as well but I
then do Ctl + Alt + Delete to reboot.

Just another on the massive list of stuff that don't work properly. For whatever reason.

[kacox]

Re: Issues with nVidia Corporation C51PV [GeForce 6150] (rev a2) on AMD 64bit

It may sound strange, but make sure it's not unloading your graphics driver before closing the X server. I'm not sure how to hardcore check it, but you can start by disabling all desktop visual enhancements. If it shuts down clean, then try just disabling the extra animation for logoff.