[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2016-02-08 Thread Flames_in_Paradise
** Changed in: nvidia-drivers-ubuntu Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948053 Title: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise To manage

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2015-07-04 Thread falippou joel
i wanna have the nvidia-173 cause i can't have a good resolution whithout -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948053 Title: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise To manage

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2014-01-30 Thread piccobello
My experience in a nutshell (using Kubuntu): - I have an old machine with a GeForce FX 5200, which was working great with natty and the proprietary nvidia-173 driver, manually installed - I don't care about 3D and effects, but watching movies with nouveau I had some annoying flickering

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-02-07 Thread Nixblicker
Hello, does anyone know whether it is safe for now (and the future) to update xserver-xorg and its dependencies to the newest versions without breaking compatibility with the nvidia-96 branch of gfx drivers? I am so happy that I was able to make my old NV18 gpu running on a fresh install of

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-02-07 Thread Flames_in_Paradise
hi Nixblicker easy to answer: producer-info: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display- ia32-96.43.23-driver.html Has NO support for XOrg-Server ABI 1.13 (which is the latest (lts- quantal)). Read also comment #155 in this bugreport What would you experts suggest? This is not a help Forum

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-29 Thread Richard Riley Gress
** Tags added: quantal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948053 Title: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-29 Thread Flames_in_Paradise
hi! @ searchfgolds67899: a new bugreport bug1064192 was opened for Quantal, this one got closed. Therefore removing tag quantal. Pls. try to get familiar with How to report bugs ;-) ** Tags removed: quantal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-29 Thread Flames_in_Paradise
It does specifially not make much sense after the verification was done the fix has been released. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948053 Title: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-21 Thread Bib
Hmmm, mine is nv28 Still hangs. I already had nosplash and console, just had to insert noquiet. I just thought I could have a 12.04 working. Don't mind, Johannes, thank although. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-20 Thread Johannes Martin
Regarding suspend/resume problems: I might help on certain graphics cards to etc /etc/default/grub: # make sure we start in plain text mode GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=noquiet nosplash # Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only) GRUB_TERMINAL=console Suspend/resume works for me

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-19 Thread Bib
** Description changed: Packages are available from the archive but uninstallable # apt-get install nvidia-96 nvidia-173 Reading package lists... Done - Building dependency tree + Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed.

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-18 Thread Bib
@ Johannes Martin Hi Johannes, I tried your tip, not forgetting to chmod +x It didn't worked neither for suspend nor hibernate, but at least I can see briefly on resume/thaw the console login screen. pm-suspend.log doesn't seem to report any error when the wake-up fails. When disabling your

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-17 Thread Timo Aaltonen
Closing the bug for anything newer than precise. The driver has been removed from the archive because there is and won't be any updates from nvidia to make it work with newer xservers. ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Invalid -- You received this bug

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-15 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 - 96.43.23-0ubuntu0.1 --- nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (96.43.23-0ubuntu0.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low * New upstream release - updated to work with the xserver ABI. (LP: #948053) -- Timo Aaltonen

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-13 Thread Pjotr12345
Thank you, developers! :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948053 Title: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-10 Thread Timo Aaltonen
** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948053 Title: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise To manage

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-04 Thread Bib
Ok here, it just works: I had to unlock xorg's previous version from /etc/apt/preferences (replaced the sticking lines with those advised here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed to prevent all -proposed auto updates) and upgrade it to current Precise default release and update all

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-04 Thread Bib
Same issue when resume from suspend -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948053 Title: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-04 Thread Bib
But gnome classic with effects now works :) great job guys. Thank you -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948053 Title: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise To manage

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-04 Thread Bib
HI Mark I see we have the very same video. Please could you talk about sleep/hibernation with me at f0rhumatfreedotfr ? Thank you Here is my own report $ sudo lshw -C display [sudo] password for me: *-display description: VGA compatible controller produit: NV28

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-04 Thread Johannes Martin
Regarding suspend/hibernate issues: I have had this problem on various systems. It usually helps to switch to text mode (vt1) before suspend and back to graphics (vt7) after suspend. This can be automated using a script in /etc/pm/sleep.d: /etc/pm/sleep.d$ cat 00-chvt #!/bin/sh case $1 in

Re: [Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-04 Thread Mark Lila
I just checked suspend/hibernate and they are both broken. I'm not sure if suspend/hibernate would work with Nouveau or any other driver on this Dell Inspiron 8500 better than with the latest nvidia-96. I haven't used these features much so unfortunately I can't contribute further. On Fri, Jan

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-04 Thread NoOp
Updated my kernel today: 3.2.0-36-generic-pae #56-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 2 22:09:45 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux and it was very nice not to have to run NVIDIA- Linux-x86-96.43.23-pkg1.run on reboot. Simply installed the kernel update, rebooted and 96.43.23-0ubuntu0.1 activated worked w/o

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-03 Thread Colin Watson
Hello Jean-Baptiste, or anyone else affected, Accepted nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /nvidia-graphics-drivers-96/96.43.23-0ubuntu0.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository. Please

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-03 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/precise-proposed/nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948053 Title: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise To manage

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-03 Thread NoOp
Thanks Colin! Works for me: (Note: I've not tried with Unity as it's not supported with this card/driver) $ sudo lshw -C display *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: NV25GL [Quadro4 900 XGL] vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id:

Re: [Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-03 Thread Mark Lila
Works for me too on a clean install: $ sudo lshw -C display [sudo] password for ml1: *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: NV28 [GeForce4 Ti 4200 Go AGP 8x] vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 0 bus info:

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-03 Thread Mark Lila
Works for me too on a clean install: $ sudo lshw -C display [sudo] password for ml1: *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: NV28 [GeForce4 Ti 4200 Go AGP 8x] vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: 0 bus info:

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2013-01-01 Thread opera
Do you have any plans to release an updated package? Without the nvidia driver I can't use the native resolution for my screen. That's a bit annoying. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-12-14 Thread Dave Stroud
https://launchpad.net/~mati75/+archive/lubuntu/+build/3890278 lubuntu has built debs for this driver and it works on 12.04 and mint 13.I am using it on 12.04 with a few problems but not bad ones. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-12-14 Thread Jon Grossart
Ha...just came here to say that I too had just found the updated nvidia-96 drives...which was released in Septemeber. Please update precise so at least we have the full LTS cycle to use these old card/laptops with. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-12-14 Thread NoOp
@Dave: thanks. Upstream (Debian) have as well: https://launchpad.net/debian/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-96xx Published on 2012-09-19 === Sept 19 - two days after the 'Certified' nvidia release. Changelog nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-96xx (96.43.23-2) unstable; urgency=low

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-12-13 Thread NoOp
Alberto: Nvidia 96.43.23 has been released as certified by Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-ia32-96.43.23-driver.html Linux Display Driver - x86 Version: 96.43.23 Certified Release Date: 2012.09.17 Operating System: Linux Language: English (U.S.) File Size: 17.4 MB Will we ever

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-11-18 Thread giardia
@ NoOp i have also the same warning WARNING: Unable to restore symbolic link /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/vdpau/libvdpau_trace.so.1 - libvdpau_trace.so.1.0.0 (File exists). WARNING: Unable to restore symbolic link /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libvdpau.so.1 - libvdpau.so.1.0.0

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-10-09 Thread Alberto Milone
** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu Precise) Assignee: (unassigned) = Alberto Milone (albertomilone) ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-10-04 Thread Dave Stroud
Is there any time line on updating the 96 driver. This also affects 1210? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948053 Title: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise To manage

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-10-04 Thread giardia
probably there is also a bug in the NVIDIA driver 96.43.23 installer, everytime I run NVIDIA driver script to compile the driver to upgrade/redo (xorg changes or whatever) , it deletes my installed libvdpau.so.1 I have to uninstall and reinstall libvdpau1 package through apt-get command. It's

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-10-04 Thread NoOp
@giardia: Interesting... I had not noticed because I hadn't run mplayer since the previous install of 96.43.23. So my log doesn't show the error. Now that I've reinstalled libvdpau, I suspect that the next reinstall of 96.43.23 will show the same. However, I do see these: $ cat

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-10-04 Thread Flames_in_Paradise
bugreport should contain PEBAC vdpau is only ment for newer graphics cards. It was not even invented, when these cards were produced. https://https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/VDPAU It is used to offlaod a portion of computing to the GPU :-) -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-10-04 Thread NoOp
Reinstalling all of my mesa packages borked my DRI: $ LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p libGL: screen 0 does not appear to be DRI2 capable libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/dri/tls/swrast_dri.so libGL: OpenDriver: trying

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-09-27 Thread giardia
i hope nvidia96 will be available in ubuntu's repo, everythime they release a new kernel (that is happening more often nowadays) i have to install again the driver; also i receive updates about xorg recently, when i restart, the pc was in a loop at login, so i restart in safe mode, and to solve i

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-09-24 Thread David Ellis
NVIDIA's 96.43.23 (32 bit) works for me on an ASUS 8170 GeForce4 MX 440. My only issue was The distribution-provided pre-install script failed! but I accepted the default option Yes to continue installing anyway. Because I have a display with a rather odd display resolution I had to edit

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-09-15 Thread giardia
who tried the new nvidia96 drivers? im using the new release and i have a little more higher FPS (363 FPS against 235 of nouveau) maybe a faster performance but some visualization problems in firefox, for example in ubuntu forum pages and youtube search field is bit flickering; also in Totem,

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-09-15 Thread NoOp
12.04 32bit 3.2.0-31-generic-pae: GL_RENDERER = Quadro4 900 XGL/AGP/SSE2 GL_VERSION= 1.4 (1.5.8 NVIDIA 96.43.23) Prior to modifying the xorg.conf (created by: 'sudo nvidia-xsconfig then modified by 'gksu nvidia-settings' my ~/.xsession-errors was continuously being flooded with:

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-09-15 Thread NoOp
My xorg.conf is attached for reference. ** Attachment added: 96.43.23 xorg.conf (reference only) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-173/+bug/948053/+attachment/3317301/+files/xorg.conf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-09-15 Thread NoOp
** Attachment added: 96.43.23 xorg.conf (reference only) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-173/+bug/948053/+attachment/3317302/+files/xorg.conf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-09-13 Thread Algo
I am still in 11.10. Hope Nvidia96 driver will be available soon, so that I can enjoy those new features in 12.04! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948053 Title: nvidia-173 and

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-09-08 Thread giardia
installed the new nvidia driver release. (actually, i have still nouveou package installed, but nvidia installer provided to disable the nouveau drivers with a modprobe config file) it works...but with my nvidia geforce2 mx400 and a monitor acer X193HQL, by default it choose the resolution of

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-09-08 Thread giardia
edit: by default is 1280x960 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/948053 Title: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-09-08 Thread Bib
Good news from Canonical: It was confirmed by our Jockey developer that the Nvidia96 driver will be available in 12.04. However, no release date can be provided for the time being. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-09-06 Thread Ronald
Is there a plan for resolving the issue with nvidia-96 or is nVidia unlikely to provide the same update for those cards? I have a GeForce MX 4000 that worked fine in 11.10 but now doesn't, and the 173 drivers don't work with it. I know it's an old card, but sourcing AGP cards is getting hard! I'd

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-09-06 Thread El Pensador
Hi, Good news, Nvidia has released a new 96.xx version (96.43.23) Changes since 96.43.20: - Added support for X.Org xserver versions 1.11 and 1.12 - Improved compatibility with recent Linux kernels ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/96.43.23

[Bug 948053] Re: nvidia-173 and nvidia-96 uninstallable on Precise

2012-09-06 Thread NoOp
The good news is that it does install work (after removing nouveau) glxgears is now comparable to my 11.10 install (see my comment #88 for comarison) pretty much rips: $ glxgears -info Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be approximately the same as the monitor