nvidia on a HP Pavilion tx1000 laptop - corrupt graphics

Bug #1963804 reported by Ian Bruntlett
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xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Screen gets corrupted.

The GNOME time at the top of the screen tends to get corrupted - it looks like the graphics are being logically "OR"ed onto the existing frame buffer.

On one occasion, the entire wallpaper was corrupted.

In other occasions, the system menu contents are partly corrupted.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.17-1build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-18.18-generic 5.15.12
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu78
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Mar 6 11:38:13 2022
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: jammy
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom, 5.15.0-18-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation C51 [GeForce Go 6150] [10de:0244] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company C51 [GeForce Go 6150] [103c:30bf]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-03-05 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Alpha amd64 (20220228)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion tx1000 (GT493EA#ABU)
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15.0-18-generic root=UUID=3e8eba22-2d30-448c-8101-365b0b24d856 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/08/2007
dmi.bios.release: 15.19
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.13A0
dmi.board.name: 30BF
dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
dmi.board.version: 69.27
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.ec.firmware.release: 105.39
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.13A0:bd06/08/2007:br15.19:efr105.39:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliontx1000(GT493EA#ABU):pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn30BF:rvr69.27:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A:sku:
dmi.product.family: 103C_5335KV
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion tx1000 (GT493EA#ABU)
dmi.product.version: Rev 1
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.109-2ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 21.3.5-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.14-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-2build1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20200714-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.17-1build1

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Ian Bruntlett (ian-bruntlett) wrote :
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Ian Bruntlett (ian-bruntlett) wrote :

This shows screen corruption where there are two mouse pointers.

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Ian Bruntlett (ian-bruntlett) wrote :

This is a screenshot of the wallpaper being corrupted (does not happen often)

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Ian Bruntlett (ian-bruntlett) wrote :

This also happens on Ubuntu 22.04 beta (x86_64). I have a workaround which appears to overcome the graphics corruption problems on this system...

Using information gleaned from:-
https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-disable-blacklist-nouveau-nvidia-driver-on-ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa-linux

I performed these commands:-
sudo bash -c "echo blacklist nouveau > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf"

sudo bash -c "echo options nouveau modeset=0 >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf"

And ensured that /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf contained the right informaiton:-
cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf

And the file should contain:-
blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0

Then this command is used to finish things off.
sudo update-initramfs -u

Then I rebooted and the graphics corruption appears to be eliminated.

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