System Monitor Garbled

[eyal_allweil]

Ever since I upgraded to Hardy, my Gnome System Monitor appears garbled when I open it. I'm attaching a screenshot; has anyone encountered this behavior? Any ideas on why it's happening or how to fix it?

[S29K]

I have the same problem and can't figure it out either....anyone?

[overdrank]

I have the same problem and can't figure it out either....anyone?

Hi and what is the model of the graphics card? Have you tried to use the command gksu displayconfig-gtk and set the driver and resolution there. Also if that fails you can use the xfix option when booting into recovery mode.

[eyal_allweil]

displayconfig shows ATI Radeon (fglrx). The top part shows "vesa - generic vesa compliant video cards", and the bottom part shows "ati - Mach8, Mach32, Mach64 ..."

What does each pane represent? Is the top one the default, and the bottom the fallback? Would it help if I posted my xorg.conf?

Thanks-
Eyal

[overdrank]

displayconfig shows ATI Radeon (fglrx). The top part shows "vesa - generic vesa compliant video cards", and the bottom part shows "ati - Mach8, Mach32, Mach64 ..."

What does each pane represent? Is the top one the default, and the bottom the fallback? Would it help if I posted my xorg.conf?

Thanks-
Eyal

HI and if vesa is shown on the top portion of the graphics card tab then that is the driver in use. What is the model of the graphics card and have you tried to install the drivers located under system, administration, hardware drivers?

[S29K]

I'm not near the machine right now so I can't try the command you suggested but it doesn't strike me as the solution as the ONLY app that is garbled is the gnome-system-monitor....everything else looks the way it should.

I'll try it when I get to that machine though and report on the results.

[eyal_allweil]

Hi! I'm so glad this thread has come to life!

I didn't have any drivers under System->Adminstration->Hardware Drivers - it said, "No proprietary drivers are in use on this system". I tried changing driver using gksu displayconfig-gtk - I tried ati and radeon - but they caused my screen to black out when I choose the Test option.

Any ideas?

[overdrank]

S29K and eyal_allweil I am merely offering suggestions to help with your issues. I do not know what is the issue but was just suggesting the drivers may have some issues as with Hardy the xorg has changed.
eyal_allweil again what is the model of the graphics card if there is no drivers in the hardware manager then your may have a older ATI card that the driver should come with Ubuntu.