Bug 136040

Summary:	nvidia-kernel/nvidia-glx 1.0.8756 - noise with sudden screen changes
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	BakaOhKi <bakaohki>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	X11 External Driver Maintainers <x11-drivers>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	minor
Priority:	High
Version:	2006.0
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description BakaOhKi 2006-06-08 02:37:42 UTC

While the 8756 series are marked stable on amd64 I found a strange "bug" with this release: my Geforce 6800 card emits strange noises (!) upon sudden changes on the screen. This can be an alt-tab, or a small window with the spinning glxgears or just a forward/back event n the browser.

The noise is a very high pitched noise, might be the fan (??), but it is NOT the display; upon upgrading to the next unstable driver or downgrading to the previous stable the noise has gone.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-06-08 03:05:01 UTC

This needs to be reported upstream, we can't fix binary drivers.

Comment 2 BakaOhKi 2006-06-08 03:17:13 UTC

You mean I should report it to nvidia? Either way, thanks for the fast reply.

Comment 3 Joshua Baergen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-06-08 17:46:26 UTC

(In reply to comment #2)
> You mean I should report it to nvidia? Either way, thanks for the fast reply.
> 

Yeah, that's what he means.  I think you'll find a way to report it to them by poking around the linux drivers portion on their site.