[Bug 573547] [NEW] After upgrading to Lucid Lynx the Nvidia 173 driver gives double images vertically when ran on a widescreen monitor in 1360x768 mode. After several reboots and no luck the quick fix for me was to swap to a standard monitor that would support a more common resolution.

[Grey Blackbeard]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox

I was using an Acer x183h monitor.  It wasn't ideal in Jaunty but it did
work on a resolution of 1360x768.  Native resolution should have been
1366x768.  When I upgraded to Lucid it went nuts.  It would start in
1280x960 and when switched by nvidia-config to 1360x768 the screen would
come up in double images vertically, making it impossible to start or
switch tasks.  After tinkering for about a half hour with no luck I
switched monitors with another computer to a samsung that would support
1280x1024, using the same nvidia 173 driver.  The computer started
perfectly and hasn't given me any problems since.  I guess the nvidia
driver just doesn't like wide screen monitors!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun May  2 04:06:08 2010
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
 firefox-gnome-support 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
 firefox-branding 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
 abroswer N/A
 abrowser-branding N/A
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox

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


** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid

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After upgrading to Lucid Lynx the Nvidia 173 driver gives double images vertically when ran on a widescreen monitor in 1360x768 mode.  After several reboots and no luck the quick fix for me was to swap to a standard monitor that would support a more common resolution.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/573547
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