Ubuntu :: 10.04 - Screen Goes Black On Changing Desktop?

Sep 22, 2010

In ubuntu 10.04 I have compiz installed and when I try to rotate the cube or simply change desktops screen goes black but not entirely, I mean I can still see the cube. This happens only during the change of desktops. Its very annoying,it doesn't create trouble but I cant see the cube effect.

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Ubuntu :: Changing GPU Clock Speeds Results In Black Screen?

Sep 13, 2010

I've recently done a clean install from Karmic to Lucid, everything went well first time, although I noticed that my GPU performance seemed to drop. It wasn't amazing to begin with being an older AGP card (nvidia 6800GT), but it was enough of a drop to make me look for a solution.

I thought maybe the drivers in Lucid were to blame so I recently added the ubuntu-x-swat PPA

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to get the most up to date drivers.

Performance didn't go up, so I tried the 173 version of the drivers to see if that would help, but I had no luck.

Today I'm pretty sure I downloaded an update from the above PPA and since then every time I change the clock speeds (via the Coolbits option within nvidia-settings) on my card I get a black screen, there is no response from any input device and I have to hold the power button to turn off the PC.

I want to know if there is anyway to check recent packages I've downloaded, and also if anyone could shed some light as to why changing the clock speeds of the card would result in a black screen and no response from the keyboard or mouse.

I'd also like to point out, that I've been changing the clock speeds of the card since I first installed Karmic with no problem. Additionally before I downloaded today's updates, even with the new packages from the above PPA changing the clock speeds worked perfectly. It seems that something I downloaded is to blame.

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On the GRUB menu, seclect "Ubuntu (recovery mode)" (not exact wording). You'll get scrolling boot messages until you get to a screen with a grey box and some options. Use the arrow keys to select "x failsafe graphics mode" or something of the like. Press enter and you'll probably get a message that your card can't be detected or something. Press okay and continue. Your screen will be messed up, but you'll be in. It probably isn't the same problem, as you don't have an ATI card and can see a shutdown menu, but good Luck!

How do you bring up the GRUB menu? My PC isnt dual booted so I never see any menus at all, I thought all I had to do was press F8 during boot up? No, F8 is Windows. Hold down shift when booting to see the menu. Downloaded & Installed the 10.6 driver and everything is working fine. Unminimizing apps works much faster with this driver . However, /usr/bin/aticonfig --initial results in

Code:
Found fglrx primary device section
Using /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Saved back-up to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.fglrx-2
/usr/bin/aticonfig: Writing to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' failed. Bad file descriptor.

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I have just loaded Ubuntu 10.04 onto a hard drive and then booted using my laptop and it boots all fine and I get to the desktop. After I get to the desktop in around 10-20 seconds the screen suddenly goes black and the mouse disappears and I can't do anything. The fan still goes but thats about it, I have to hard shut down and load up again but it just keeps happening. Not sure what to do next?

Its an old Toshiba Satellite laptop
1.6 ghz processor
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Sep 14, 2010

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So then I put in the "ubuntu-10.04-desktop-amd64.iso" CD in drive and reboot the system. I see the Ubuntu logo with the dots for a while and then the LCD goes black. The LCD reports that there is no signal from the system. The power light in front of the LCD goes from white to amber. The keyboard stops responding.

I power off everything, remove the Ubuntu CD and reboot the system and it works fine again with Windows 7.

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The 16X DVDRW Drive has no problems. In Windows 7 it can play CDs and DVDs.

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done
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[OK]
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Starting powersaved: ###################################
# ACPI system but acpid not running. #
# Start acpid first, then restart powersaved! #
############################################### skipped
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Starting SSH daemon done
Starting ypbind.....................No domainname set skipped
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Jan 18, 2010

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Feb 21, 2010

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That's ok, I decided to disable the feature and share via vnc the background as it is a wired net and I do not really need this feature.

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Jul 21, 2011

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This is pretty much where I'm at right now. I strongly suspect the fault is with the ATI drivers, but have been completely unsuccessful in my attempts to fix it. I've googled just about everything I could think of, along with searching these forums. I've tried just about everything listed in the forums, but to no avail.I've tried the commands that are supposed to purge the ati drivers, but all I get are errors that say they can't remove the 'virtual drivers'.

Right now I'm booting off a live cd, so I know the computer still works fine, just not my actual installed OS. I'd really like to get the issue resolved without having to reinstall, as it took quite awhile just to get it usable in the first place, but this has already taken so much time, I may just resort to that if we can't solve it any other way. Got too much work to catch up on as it is.As a re-instated note, perhaps if you have any tips, but not particularly about fixing the OS, my laptop (I'm strongly guessing my graphics card) is heating up much more than normal, compared to that when XP was installed. Is this more than likely just a driver issue, as is the rest of it? Also, I did have Compiz installed, though I didn't choose for it to be installed, I believe it came pre-installed. I've heard it could cause some issues, though I have no idea as to the validity or relation to this particular issue.

Edit:
I just remembered while searching for a solution, I found a post somewhere that said something about the information not being sent to the monitor from the graphics card properly, thus no desktop. I'm guessing that'd still fall under the driver issues, but again, I'm unsure. I would think that wouldn't be entirely true anyway, since I can still see my mouse fine, just no desktop, only a black screen.

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