[Bug 663023] [NEW] Display doesn't update, and sound gets distorted

[Nerdopolis]

Public bug reported:

My symptoms seem to be caused by what might be a timing issue, I think,
(but I could be wrong). They are the following:

This is on a new box with maverick, and I did not get to test it with
older versions.

      The display goes through times where freezes, and does not update until after a few seconds, or until the mouse is moves. It will continue doing this for a short while, and then return to normal, and then after a longer time, come back
      the whole display, including the cursor freezes for a few seconds
      sounds pause, and jump around, playing fragments that where already played (and I can't be sure, maybe parts that come after). I had one time where it was only sending sound from an app in short bursts where I was updating the display.
      scrolling in Firefox is weird, and I had it happen once in Konqueror too, where it will not update when scrolled, but hover able elements, like links would appear over the old display.
     I once updated a virual box window by activating the window, and moving the cursor across it. It acted like the scan line was attached to the cursor. 
    This happens with the i915 driver with and without modesetting

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: linux-generic 2.6.35.22.23
Regression: No
Reproducible: No
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.34-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Architecture: i386
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
   Subdevices: 2/2
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
   Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0:  nerdopolis   1872 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf6afc000 irq 47'
   Mixer name	: 'IDT 92HD71B7X'
   Components	: 'HDA:111d76b2,102802aa,00100302'
   Controls      : 24
   Simple ctrls  : 15
Date: Mon Oct 18 19:17:24 2010
Frequency: I don't know.
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=4ac46ed6-6571-4421-b78c-3b66790b4b83
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate i386 (20100928.3)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1545
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=9c16ad49-512a-4b06-b539-73cde5b29da2 ro quiet splash i915.modeset=1
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.38
RfKill:
 0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
 	Soft blocked: no
 	Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
dmi.bios.date: 12/07/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A14
dmi.board.name: 0G848F
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA14:bd12/07/2009:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1545:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0G848F:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1545
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 kernel-fs maverick needs-upstream-testing

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Display doesn't update, and sound gets distorted
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