Comment 0 for bug 1214564

Hi. After upgrade (Tue Aug 20, 2013) of nVidia related packages such as: nvidia-settings-304, nvidia-current and install nvidia-304 package etc, I noticed that after restart, all system fonts were enlarged - terminal fonts, desktop fonts, windows fonts. Generally everywhere. I had to change size by hand. But there is one more problem: mouse cursor.

If the mouse is not in use (I mean e.g. no user reaction) from time to time, mouse cursor is disappearing for a one, two seconds. The same thing happens when I'm moving mouse or when I'm trying to open/close a directory, mark a file by one click or simply - clicking on anything. It is pretty strange and annoying. Before today updates, everything was okay. All installed packages related to nVidia:

,-----[ $ dpkg -l | grep nvidia ]
| nvidia-304 304.88-0ubuntu0.0.3[1]
| nvidia-common 1:0.2.44.2
| nvidia-current 304.88-0ubuntu0.0.3
| nvidia-settings 304.88-0ubuntu0.0.3
| nvidia-settings-304 304.88-0ubuntu0.0.3[1]
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Also, there is no icon for a 'NVIDIA X Server Settings' utility (available via menu). When I'm trying to open this application, there is a message, that I'm not using a 'nvidia' driver and I should run 'nvidia-xconfig' as root and restart X11, which I did, but after X11 restart, everything was so huge. In monitor settings, I could not choose 1024x768 resolution, because there was not such option - only three: 800x600 and lower etc. Earlier, I could open X Server Settings and view/set many options. Honestly, now there is nothing. I had to remove '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' file created by nvidia-xconfig command, change permission ('chmod 755') and name of a 'xorg.conf.backup' file to 'xorg.conf'. After restart, everything seems to return to normal, but still there is a problem with mouse cursor.

* Architecture: i386
* DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 (Xubuntu 12.04 variant)
* Uname: Linux 3.2.0-52-generic-pae i686
* ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4
* NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
* Xorg version: 1:7.6+12ubuntu2 (xserver-xorg)
* xserver-xorg-core: 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.13

I'm using Xubuntu 12.04.2 LTS. After/during installation there were no need to configure anything related to my nVidia graphics card (GeForce 7100). Everything worked out-of-the-box. Till today. Also during system closing and/or booting, fonts are changed. Now they are... slimmer.

There is also problem with X11. After - for example - 30 minutes without any user reaction, monitor goes black. After moving a mouse, Desktop is really horrible. Colors, windows decorations, fonts etc. It looks very, very bad. Generally, after today's upgrades of nVidia packages (and kernel) something is happening with X11. I don't see anything worrying in '/var/log/Xorg.0.log' file. There are three files related to nVidia in /etc/modprobe.d/ directory: 'nvidia-304_hybrid.conf', 'nvidia-current_hybrid.conf' and 'nvidia-graphics-drivers.conf' (which contains e.g. blacklist nouveau, alias nvidia nvidia_304 etc. entries).

,-----[ $ lspci | grep VGA ]
| 00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation C73 [GeForce 7100 / nForce 630i] (rev a2)
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,-----[ $ lsb_release -rd ]
| Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
| Release: 12.04
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Best regards.
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[1] I have to notice, that nvidia-304 and nvidia-settings-304 packages are new and were installed during upgrade. Maybe these packages are responsible for all mentioned problems?