[Bug 322673] Re: NVIDIA graphics driver suddenly stopped working

2009-02-24 Thread Simon
And here's the xorg.conf (currently I'm using the open source driver). ** Attachment added: /etc/X11/xorg.conf http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23110047/xorg.conf -- NVIDIA graphics driver suddenly stopped working https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/322673 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 322673] Re: NVIDIA graphics driver suddenly stopped working

2009-02-24 Thread Simon
Hello all, I'm struggling with a problem that looks quite similar. About my computer: A Thinkpad T61, Ubuntu 8.10, Nvidia graphics card (how can I find which number exactly?). I also used the Here's what happens: For a long time, Ubuntu 8.10 worked just fine. Then, probably at about the same

[Bug 322673] Re: NVIDIA graphics driver suddenly stopped working

2009-02-24 Thread Simon
And here's the lscpi output... ** Attachment added: lscpi output http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23110096/lscpi_output.txt -- NVIDIA graphics driver suddenly stopped working https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/322673 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 322673] Re: NVIDIA graphics driver suddenly stopped working

2009-02-13 Thread ChrisCS
I couldn't resist the temptation to download Jaunty so I have downloaded it and installed it on a USB memory stick and am able to use the memory stick to boot two different computers. I changed the graphics card driver to the 180 version and had some surprising results. On one computer I had no

[Bug 322673] Re: NVIDIA graphics driver suddenly stopped working

2009-02-12 Thread ChrisCS
Hello again, I would be happy to experiment with the current set up if there were someone to help me get the desktop back without reinstalling Ubuntu if, as I suspect, I end up with a machine that has lost its desktop and only has a command line. Ubuntu is easy and painless to install - it is the

[Bug 322673] Re: NVIDIA graphics driver suddenly stopped working

2009-02-11 Thread ChrisCS
Hello, I am reluctant to do what you suggest because after trying each of the nvidia packages in turn, I had to reinstall Ubuntu after each failed package because when booting with any of the packages installed I only booted into a command line. I got various messages to the effect that I no

[Bug 322673] Re: NVIDIA graphics driver suddenly stopped working

2009-02-11 Thread Bryce Harrington
I understand your reluctance to experiment with the various binary nvidia drivers. But since the hardware is no longer available for doing troubleshooting with, we'll have to close the bug for now. However please feel free to reopen if you are willing to do some troubleshooting with it. **

[Bug 322673] Re: NVIDIA graphics driver suddenly stopped working

2009-02-10 Thread Bryce Harrington
[This is an automated message] In Jaunty (9.04), we are dropping the nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 package, which is now superseded by then nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package. http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 To transition your bug into the new package, we

[Bug 322673] Re: NVIDIA graphics driver suddenly stopped working

2009-02-01 Thread nullbort
** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None = nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 -- NVIDIA graphics driver suddenly stopped working https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/322673 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 322673] Re: NVIDIA graphics driver suddenly stopped working

2009-01-29 Thread ChrisCS
Since posting this question I have deactivated the NVIDIA driver that was recommended and now the computer boots without an error message. In the course of all this, I tried all three NVIDIA drivers none of which worked. However the recommended driver had been working fine until the last couple