after some more digging the problems might be related to the fact that the disk partition table was left in the hybrid GPT/MBR format and thus the mac is booting in the efi mode. according to http://www.rodsbooks.com/ubuntu-efi/ this might cause limited support for nvidia graphics card and related bios rom problems. in other words, the mac is not booting in the bios compatibility mode.
since ubuntu is the only operating system on the machine, i will reinstall it by wiping the disk and using a dos partition table. this should force the mac to boot into the bios mode. unfortunately, since ubuntu 16.04 desktop dvd does not boot via the optical drive, i have to use ubuntu 15.10 server cd and then do-release-upgrade since 16.04 desktop does not fit into a standard cd. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1547599 Title: legacy nvidia drivers fail to work with latest kernel Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 package in Ubuntu: New Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-340 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: i have a MacBookPro3,1 with a NVIDIA Corporation G84M [GeForce 8600M GT] (rev a1) video card. while in ubuntu 15.10 everything worked fine, after the upgrade in 16.04 the legacy nvidia-304 drivers do not. the X11 fails to start, the relevant lines in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file are [ 3021.745] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA GPU at PCI:1:0:0. Please [ 3021.745] (EE) NVIDIA(0): check your system's kernel log for additional error [ 3021.745] (EE) NVIDIA(0): messages and refer to Chapter 8: Common Problems in the [ 3021.745] (EE) NVIDIA(0): README for additional information. [ 3021.745] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device! [ 3021.745] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failing initialization of X screen 0 [ 3021.745] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" and the journalctl --dmesg gives kernel: NVRM: failed to copy vbios to system memory. kernel: NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x30:0xffffffff:867) kernel: NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed nevertheless, the nvidia kernel module is loaded without a problem. i also tried more recent versions of nvidia-X but without success. they either fail with the same messages as above or they do not support the video card. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: linux-image-4.4.0-6-generic 4.4.0-6.21 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-6.21-generic 4.4.1 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-6-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D2c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: CRDA: country AW: DFS-ETSI (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20), (N/A) (5170 - 5250 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (N/A) (5250 - 5330 @ 80), (N/A, 20), (0 ms), DFS (5490 - 5710 @ 160), (N/A, 27), (0 ms), DFS Date: Fri Feb 19 18:05:07 2016 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=484d04a2-0891-47bb-b890-ee3ab0189ef7 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-17 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro3,1 ProcFB: 0 EFI VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-6-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=fddff8cb-9428-47b7-a215-034c4b79c0fe ro PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-6-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-6-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.156 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-02-17 (1 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/05/08 dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.bios.version: MBP31.88Z.0070.B07.0803051658 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Mac-F4238BC8 dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.board.version: PVT dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag# dmi.chassis.type: 2 dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F4238BC8 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP31.88Z.0070.B07.0803051658:bd03/05/08:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro3,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F4238BC8:rvrPVT:cvnAppleInc.:ct2:cvrMac-F4238BC8: dmi.product.name: MacBookPro3,1 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/+bug/1547599/+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
