Oisín Mac Fhearaí, thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal: apport-collect 1014775
When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu- bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs. As well, could you please confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ . If the issue remains, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report: apport-collect -p linux 1014775 Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Please do not test the kernel in the daily folder, but the one all the way at the bottom. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags: kernel-fixed-upstream kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested. For example: kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.7-rc1-quantal This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag: needs-upstream-testing If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags: kernel-bug-exists-upstream kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER As well, please remove the tag: needs-upstream-testing If you are unable to test the mainline kernel, please comment as to why specifically you were unable to test it and add the following tags: kernel-unable-to-test-upstream kernel-unable-to-test-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding. Helpful Bug Reporting Tips: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs ** Package changed: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1014775 Title: Completely garbled video in X with nouveau with NV31M (Geforce FX Go5600) Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: After upgrading to 12.04, the display become so garbled as to be unusable. WORKAROUND: I have to append the boot parameter: nomodeset which apparently disables nouveau completely, so graphics are unaccelerated. This also happened with a LiveCD, which means Ubuntu does not work "out of box" with this old machine, an Acer Aspire 1705SMi. After GRUB and without nomodeset, the screen goes blank (dpms mode 3) for about 35 seconds before returning in unreadable-multi-colour-oil- slick form. I'm not sure if the problem is with the xserver driver or the kernel nouveau module, which seems incredibly outdated (I saw a 3 year old build date in a log?!) in the latest Ubuntu. Attaching dmesg and Xorg.0 (without nomodeset). uname etc: Linux galbadia 3.2.0-25-generic #40-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 23 20:33:05 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04 LTS" relevant lspci: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation NV31M [GeForce FX Go5600] [10de:031a] (rev a1) package version: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: Installed: 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2 Candidate: 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2 linux-image-3.2.0-25-generic: Installed: 3.2.0-25.40 Candidate: 3.2.0-25.40 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1014775/+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
