Ubuntu 12.04 window jitter

Question

I'm on ubuntu 12.04, running the propriety nvidia drivers (i have tried using the generic drivers). Whenever i drag a window around it slowly redraws itself. Any ideas on what to try?

System Specs

P4 2.6 GHZ
2 Gigs memory
Geforce 4 Mx 20 video card

Your system is fairly old. Try running a lighter desktop environment like lubuntu or xubuntu. Read http://askubuntu.com/questions/112418/lighter-in-cpu-memory-usage-lubuntu-or-xubuntu — hmayag, Dec 06 '13 at 00:45

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 06 '13 at 00:07

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First, remove all the failed driver installations using:

sudo apt-get purge nvidia*

Then install the correct propriatary drivers:

 sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

Don't forget to reboot:

sudo reboot

answered Dec 06 '13 at 00:07

Joren

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This caused my system to only show a resolution of 1024 x 764 – zntneo Dec 08 '13 at 03:08

Ubuntu 12.04 window jitter

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