Alex Stark, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com /daily-live/current/ .
If it remains an issue, 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 xserver-xorg-video-nouveau REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER Please note, given that the information from the prior release is already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one would not be helpful. Thank you for your understanding. Helpful bug reporting tips: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (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/1033704 Title: NVidia (Thinkpad) completely broken Status in “xserver-xorg-video-nouveau” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: This is for fresh should-be-perfect install of 12.04 precise pangolin on T61 thinkpad and similar models. Nouveau and nVidia affected. There are multiple bug reports and partial fixes on various web sites. Problem: Nouveau driver is fundamentally broken for some configurations. In particular, I am using *** a large (1920x1200) monitor via a port replicator ***. It seems to work on the built-in LCD, and when in crippled lower-resolution modes. However, it is difficult to configure to a persistently crippled mode of operation. The symptoms are breakdown of video and system crash. NVidia driver for these machines is useless (obviously I am pretty stupid trying to use old hardware like this). In particular, the NVidia driver was always junk when using a port replicator. In this setup (12.04 etc) one has to tediously reconfigure the entire display setup everytime, and such things as the wallpaper are broken even then. Basically, I never found the NVidia driver to be any good for anything but the built-in LCD. Put another way, the NVidia driver was dreadful for port replicators, and now that the Nouveau driver crashes all the time users are regretting upgrading to 12.04. The Nouveau 10.04 LTS drivers at this date (ie 2012/08/06) were just fine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/1033704/+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
