I'm affected by this as well. I'm posting this at work so I don't necessarily have access to a lshw of my home computer right now, but using a Dell Dimension 2400 with a Geforce FX 5200 and at present, the most recent release of the 173 driver available to Pangolin 12.04 is 173.14.30. The reported fix is in 173.14.35, however this isn't available through apt-get at present for Pangolin (seems to be part of Quantal). This driver has been out for more than a month; what keeps it from simply being available via apt-get for Ubuntu 12.04 users?
There's a really varied set of potential solutions out there right now; people are recommending everything from rolling back the OS to 11.xx, to modifying Pangolin's installation of Xorg, to pressing users to simply update their hardware. Meanwhile the .35 driver claims to solve many of the issues that old machines may be having, but there's a dearth of information as to how to actually install the driver from a binary file - let alone how to reverse the process if it doesn't work, so users such as myself are sort of in a driverless limbo. It would be nice to have the driver readily available via apt-get for Pangolin users; in this way the installation and removal would be very easily done through apt-get. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to jockey in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/990539 Title: Jockey incorrectly offers nvidia-current for Geforce FX/5k-series cards Status in “jockey” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 and installed all nvidia drivers, but my drivers are not activated, when I open Nvidia settings manager I get the following message: You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run nvidia-xconfig as root), and restart the X server. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: xorg (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,decor,compiztoolbox,vpswitch,move,place,imgpng,unitymtgrabhandles,mousepoll,grid,gnomecompat,regex,session,animation,resize,workarounds,wall,expo,ezoom,fade,scale,unityshell] CompositorRunning: None Date: Sat Apr 28 16:37:44 2012 DistUpgraded: 2012-04-27 19:15:31,696 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: precise DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 295.40, 3.2.0-24-generic, i686: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5500] [10de:0326] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter [1039:6325] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8081] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 002: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse Bus 003 Device 003: ID 093a:2620 Pixart Imaging, Inc. MachineType: System Manufacturer System Name ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic root=UUID=f4021751-c271-4332-b3c5-637e60ad1247 ro recovery nomodeset nopat SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UnitySupportTest: Error: command ['/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', '-p', '-f'] failed with exit code 5: Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0". Error: GLX is not available on the system UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-27 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 06/11/2003 dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software, Inc. dmi.bios.version: ASUS P4S533-MX ACPI BIOS Revision 1006 dmi.board.name: P4S533MX dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: REV 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 7 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftware,Inc.:bvrASUSP4S533-MXACPIBIOSRevision1006:bd06/11/2003:svnSystemManufacturer:pnSystemName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP4S533MX:rvrREV1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct7:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System Manufacturer version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.6-0ubuntu1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/+bug/990539/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
