Bug#700235: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: uninitialized video memory or garbled images on login screen (lightdm)

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

On 2013-02-10 12:16 +0100, Andrei POPESCU wrote:

> Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> Version: 1:1.0.1-5
> Severity: normal
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm seeing #631391[1], but with lightdm and nouveau, even the workaround 
> works (disabling compositing). Since I don't have any problems with the 
> proprietary nvidia driver I thought it might be the driver.

Quite possible, although the submitter of #631391 has Radeon cards.

> [1] if you don't want to look it up a short summary is: on login strange 
> effects are seen when cold-booting or garbled pieces from previous 
> session if you reboot. The workaround is to disable compositing.

Can you please test version 1:1.0.6-1 from experimental?

Cheers,
       Sven