Additional information to #56. Note that the start up applications have been disabled (somewhere i read something on problems when switching focus, and thought it was better to not have too many windows). Still nothing, meaning one color plus mouse pointer. The size of the mouse pointer indicates by the way that the screen is running in one of the higher resolutions. When shutting down, the background image si visible for a very short period, that also indicates that the nvidia driver is at least doing something.
** Attachment added: "x start log file" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1068601/+attachment/3579939/+files/Xorg.0.log -- 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/1068601 Title: 12.10: Black screen with GeForce FX 5200 card Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “xserver-xorg-video-nouveau” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Having installed Ubuntu 12.10, a black screen now appears after logon (only the cursor is visible). Everything (graphically) up until logon is fine. On my previous build (12.04), I was using Nvidia's drivers. As well, this did not happen with the nouveau drivers either. WORKAROUND: This seems to be a problem with my Nvidia FX5200 graphics card as when I removed this and used the integrated graphics (Intel 82865G) instead, everything was fine. WORKAROUND: Using the following kernel parameters gets me to the desktop but the OS is very unresponsive: nomodeset --- ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: graham 1720 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: country GB: (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20) (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (N/A, 20) (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (N/A, 20), DFS (5490 - 5710 @ 40), (N/A, 27), DFS DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=bd714dd8-b111-42c1-88b5-0b32b12b0bff InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-19 (6 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2) MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation OptiPlex GX270 MarkForUpload: True Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=f4138a35-ef8f-4c93-a963-09e6b2ae85e3 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-17-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-17-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.95 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no Tags: quantal running-unity Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo dmi.bios.date: 06/26/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation dmi.bios.version: A07 dmi.board.name: 0FG015 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corp. dmi.chassis.type: 6 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA07:bd06/26/2006:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnOptiPlexGX270:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorp.:rn0FG015:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct6:cvr: dmi.product.name: OptiPlex GX270 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1068601/+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
