Jaunty terminal and update manager appear as white box.

[o1hattrick]

After getting Jaunty configured for monitors default resolution and Amarok and Wine working well, i find that the terminal and update manager appear as solid white boxes. the update manager does this after pressing the check or install updates button. I was so happy to get 1600 x 1200 resolution finally, then this. Also some of the maximize, minimize bars seem to have be missing. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Im afraid if i re-install i will just make the same mistake.

[ELD]

Try running it via the terminal and see what error message you get and report back :)

[o1hattrick]

when i go to applications > Accessories > Terminal and click terminal all that comes up is a small plain white box. nothing inside it. no borders. no command prompt. nothing but blank white empty in screen. i would love to run anything in terminal but its whited out. Ty for your reply tho. very kind of you.

[ELD]

Are you running compiz (desktop effects found in the appearance settings) if so try turning it off and then see, if not someone else may know why but only thing i can think of.

[o1hattrick]

Sorry not running compiz Haven't ever even thought about enabling it yet. still getting basics set up. I did move a few things around on the top bar tho. could this have something to do with it? i noticed posts about a notifier? still confused and ty for your help.

[o1hattrick]

I did a complete re-install. All I did after was set display settings in xorg.conf after enabling the restricted driver. Default for my Monitor is 1600 x 1200 x 60hz. When i try to open terminal now i get Blank White square again. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[o1hattrick]

My xorg.cfg follows maybe it will help with troubleshooting.

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildd@palmer) Sun Feb 1 20:21:04 UTC 2009

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
HorizSync 30.0 - 92.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 85.0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "CRT-0"
HorizSync 30.0 - 92.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 85.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
Option "metamodes" "1600x1200_60 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

[nandemonai]

Does this happen before manually editing xorg.conf?

I'm running nvidia here on Jaunty and I never had to touch the conf file.

The resolution was low until I installed the restricted driver and the upon restarting X I was up to full resolution.

/etc/X11/xorg.conf



Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
DefaultDepth 24
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Default Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

[o1hattrick]

After installing the restricted driver and restarting i still had same low resolution as before.
I then ran the Nvidia x server settings from system > administration and set 1600 x 1200 x 60 hz. as it then showed as option. tried to save the settings after resolution was ok and it didn't have permission.
so i cop[ied the changes it was making into xserver with permission.
Afterwards the video looks great except for terminal and a few other pop up boxes are all whited out.
Ty for your reply!

[nandemonai]

After installing the restricted driver and restarting i still had same low resolution as before.
I then ran the Nvidia x server settings from system > administration and set 1600 x 1200 x 60 hz. as it then showed as option. tried to save the settings after resolution was ok and it didn't have permission.
so i cop[ied the changes it was making into xserver with permission.
Afterwards the video looks great except for terminal and a few other pop up boxes are all whited out.
Ty for your reply!

Ah okies, fair enough. As far as a solution I'm stumped. Might want to search launchpad for a bug report or file one yourself if you can't find anyone with a similar issue.

[o1hattrick]

Ok I solved my problem. took combining many solutions from other posts.
Thank you to all who gave me pieces to this puzzle!
In hopes that it might help someone else ill include my original xorg.cfg and final.

Original follows

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

I edited it to this.

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
HorizSync 30-92
VertRefresh 60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200_60"
EndSubSection
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

Thank you to all who helped through replys and posts.
I hope this may help someone else.

[acm]

Thank you to all who helped through replys and posts.
I hope this may help someone else.

It did, thanks :)