[Expired for xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu) because there has been
no activity for 60 days.]
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Expired
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Title:
xorg cannot find graphics card; also does not default to low graphics
mode
Status in “xserver-xorg-video-nouveau” package in Ubuntu:
Expired
Bug description:
When booting ubuntu, once every while a dialog appears with the
warning message 'the system is running in low graphics mode'. I
haven't found the thing that triggers it, and the occurrence of this
dialog is highly irregular. At other times it boots just fine.
When pressing OK on this warning message (which is typically hard to
do, as the mouse is not immediately apparent; I have to move the
mouse all over the place before a classic Xorg cross-type mouse
finally appears on this dialog), I get another menu with a number of
options. I choose the option 'run in low graphics mode for just one
session' and press OK.
the screen then flashes a couple of times, before a dialog appears
that says something like 'wait until the display manager resets'. I
press the OK button of this dialog and I end up with no graphical
interface at all, just a standard shell prompt asking for password and
login. After logging in, inspection by ps ax | grep gdm shows that gdm
is nonetheless running.
Subsequently, when I kill gdm and do sudo gdm, I end up with a
working, high resolution, display manager. Why couldn't this happen
just directly upon booting?
I have a video of the flashing behaviour when choosing for the 'low
graphics mode for just one session'. The video is here:
http://transgenerational.zoo.cam.ac.uk/CIMG1547.AVI. It will remain
there for 2 weeks, ask me if you want to have the video afterwards.
In my opinion, when I choose the option 'run in low graphics mode for
just one session', I should get low graphics mode regardless of the
graphics card. Which is obviously possible given that the warning
message itself appears on the screen in a dialog. If I am not
mistaken, even for nvidia cards it should be possible to run something
in very low resolution without 3d acceleration by default.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory:
'/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.1: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory:
'/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/1'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 295.40 Thu Apr 5 21:37:00
PDT 2012
GCC version: gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5)
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins:
[core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Sat Aug 11 00:01:31 2012
DistUpgraded: 2012-05-03 19:19:43,566 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, even including gdb or git bisection work if
needed
GraphicsCard:
NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce G210M] [10de:0a74] (rev a2) (prog-if 00
[VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0271]
NVIDIA Corporation C79 [GeForce 9400M G] [10de:0866] (rev b1) (prog-if 00
[VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0271]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
JockeyStatus:
xorg:nvidia_173 - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Disabled,
Not in use)
xorg:nvidia_173_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release
updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary,
Enabled, In use)
xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver
(post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Studio XPS 1340
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-29-generic
root=UUID=e78b5ad0-5847-45dd-bd17-e79f9ac3e1d7 ro splash vga=791 quiet splash
vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UdevDb: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-03 (99 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 09/08/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A11
dmi.board.name: 0Y525R
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A11
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: A11
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA11:bd09/08/2009:svnDellInc.:pnStudioXPS1340:pvrA11:rvnDellInc.:rn0Y525R:rvrA11:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrA11:
dmi.product.name: Studio XPS 1340
dmi.product.version: A11
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1.2
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu3.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu3.1
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.6
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1.2
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
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