[Nouveau] [Bug 54700] Distorted graphics (double cursor) with GeForce 4200Go (NV28)

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54700

--- Comment #53 from Emgaron <emgaron+freedesktop at ribbrock.org> ---
I just discovered this bug as I acquired a Dell Inspiron 8500 a few weeks back
and ran into the same problem. In fact, on my machine (same nVidia graphics),
the problem even seems worse: Any attempt at using the nouveau driver so far
has not only produced the distortions described by the original poster, but
also ended with a GPU lock-up after a few minutes maximum. For that reason, I'm
now running Xubuntu 12.04 on that machine, as this distribution still provides
the older nvidia-96 proprietary driver - newer distros apparently dropped this
version. With the proprietary driver, the laptop runs fine and actually quite
smooth (considering the age and specs). As it would be nice to be able to run
newer Linux distros on this machine, I'd be happy to help with
experimenting/testing. I could install a newer distro (and hence - presumably -
newer nouveau driver) on a second hard drive or on an external drive so I can
test stuff. Any preferences which distro would be most helpful for you?

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