[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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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1033704
Title:
NVidia (Thinkpad) completely broken
Status in “xserver-xorg-video-nouveau” package in Ubuntu:
Expired
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.
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