[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2009-09-02 Thread Bryce Harrington
** Tags added: hardy -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2009-01-16 Thread Bryce Harrington
** Description changed: Binary package hint: nvidia-glx-new Problem: Getting the white screen of death (white screen with random black lines appearing) when using the nvidia-glx-new driver Using: Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 (development branch) on a Dell XPS m1530 with a Nvidia GeForce

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-09-04 Thread Brian Murray
** Tags added: valid-xorg-conf -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-08-18 Thread William Anderson
I tried installing nvidia-glx-new again on my up-to-date install of Hardy on my XPS m1530. Perhaps rather obviously, it's still not working. Is there going to be any work done on this at all, or do we have to wait for Intrepid Ibex, which IMO would suck. -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-07-02 Thread nova
hi there. i had same problems with Hardy, using linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-18-rt and nvidia-glx. installing nvidia-glx-new (which replaced nvidia-glx) made the issue go away. this is a Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9300 with GeForce 8600 GT (rev a1) starting as very bare Hardy server --

Re: [Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-06-26 Thread drink
RTFM: the nvidia docs (online) for the driver gives all the EDID-related options. My xorg.conf is attached, though; it may help you. I had to disable various EDID stuff. ** Attachment added: unnamed http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15636757/unnamed ** Attachment added: xorg.conf

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-06-25 Thread thedevnull
Same problem here.. I have Ubuntu 8.04 64bit on AMD 64X2 with the Nvidia 8800 GT (XFX) and the Samsung SyncMaster 245bw. When I first installed I loaded the proprietary Nvidia X.org drivers and they worked flawlessly for all of 10ish reboots and then it stopped. Randomly on the 10th reboot it

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-06-25 Thread Hotdog003
Hey all! Here's an attached version of my Xorg.conf file with the driver shipped with Ubuntu. Of particular interest is lots of EDID failures. Please note that these error messages do not appear with the latest Nvidia driver. So what gives? How do we disable EDID in the Xorg or something? **

Re: [Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-06-18 Thread drink
My objection to Envy at this time stems from, well, I think Bryce said it best: A future planned change (likely for Intrepid) will be to break out both -fglrx and -nvidia from the linux-restricted-modules package. But that is in the future. Today, the official method does not involve Envy. And

Re: [Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-06-16 Thread drink
Feature requests belong on brainstorm. I agree that Envy is hackish. A manual install is not difficult. Etc. ** Attachment added: unnamed http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15354409/unnamed -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-06-16 Thread Alberto Milone
William Anderson: enable -proposed, install only the packages you need and then disable -proposed. See, it's not that difficult. drink: feel free to think whatever pleases you but read what Bryce Harrington said about updating drivers and EnvyNG: http://blog.qa.ubuntu.com/node/10 --

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-06-15 Thread William Anderson
I'd prefer to see progress being made in updating nvidia-glx-new to use the latest, working drivers than advising on how to manually install them. I have a brand new hardy install on my XPS m1530, and I don't want to sully it with a hacky video driver install if I can at all help it! We know the

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-06-15 Thread Alberto Milone
William: you can install the latest driver by using EnvyNG. Read my comment here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24/+bug/231989/comments/19 -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-06-15 Thread William Anderson
90 package updates under hardy-proposed? Pass :) -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-06-13 Thread FĂ©lim Whiteley
Hopefully this gets sorted soon. I'm just commenting so I can track changes to this. Thanks -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-06-13 Thread Kshitij Aggarwal
Thanks a lot guys. it is working perfectly. Stupid of me not to update my ubuntu first. Thanks everyone -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-06-12 Thread Kshitij Aggarwal
I followed all the steps including the installation of build-essential but installing the driver still gives the kernel issue. using ubuntu 8.04 and NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-173.14.05-pkg2.run kindly help -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-06-12 Thread Wubuntish
I followed all the steps including the installation of build- essential but installing the driver still gives the kernel issue. Could you be more specific about the kernel issue? -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-06-12 Thread Kshitij Aggarwal
By kernel issue i meant that when u try to manually istall the nvidia drivers it gives the following msg No precompiled kernel interface was found to match your kernel; would you li ke the installer to attempt to download a kernel interface for your kernel f rom the NVIDIA ftp site

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-06-12 Thread Wubuntish
This notice says that it hasn't found a pre-compiled kernel module, so it's not a problem. Just select no to just skip the attempt to download the module and let the installer compile the module. -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-06-12 Thread Kshitij Aggarwal
Thats the problem!! i selected no and then it said couldnt find suitable kernel interface to compile. it behaves as if build-essential in not there at all, even though i installed it using synaptic -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718

Re: [Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-06-12 Thread drink
If you could publish the relevant log output (run the nvidia installer with the flag --ui=none to use the text-mode interface, it's much easier to copy and paste something sane-looking) here it would be helpful. ** Attachment added: unnamed http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15243447/unnamed --

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-06-12 Thread Kshitij Aggarwal
Im sorry but i didnt knew how to copy the text in the console mode but I can describe the stpe that i took. When it asked to connect to ftp site, I said no and it said that the package will have to compile it. the next error msg comes you dont have the required compiler installed and finnaly

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-06-12 Thread Wubuntish
The log file states that you still have the xserver running. I'm assuming it's from a previous try. If it's not, make sure you stopped the /etc/init.d/gdm . As for not able to compile the kernel modules: - double check that you've installed build-essential. - make sure you've installed your

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-06-12 Thread Wubuntish
Just checked the nvidia driver manual. It states that you'll also need the binutils package to compile the kernel module. It is not installed by installing build-essential. The rest is installed by installing build-essential. You'll need the following software versions: binutils 2.9.5 GNU make

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-06-06 Thread drink
I had WSOD until I went to Hardy, with 169.12 or without (also with 173.08 beta driver under gutsy.) I only have an EDID reading problem (which does not appear under Windows XP.) :P -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-05-15 Thread tuomask
I don't know if this is relevant but I get the white screen of death if I use 3D desktop effects and xserver-xgl is installed. This is true even with the latest beta drivers (173.08). Apparently xserver-xgl prevents direct rendering:

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-05-12 Thread haydn
This problem also exists with the 8400M GS on a Dell Vostro 1500. I have tried the beta driver, and it works, thanks to broderboy's instructions https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24/+bug/208718/comments/16 -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-05-10 Thread rajeshksv
ya i got it..i dint install build essential and some header files..now i installed them and its working fine..tq -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-05-09 Thread rajeshksv
hey guys ..same problem again..i downloaded the driver and followed the procedure told by broderboy but its not working:(my nvidia installer log file is this...plz help me.. nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' creation time: Sat May 10 15:28:15 2008 option status:

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-05-09 Thread rajeshksv
hey guys ..same problem again..i downloaded the driver and followed the procedure told by broderboy but its not working:(my nvidia installer log file is this...plz help me.. nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' creation time: Sat May 10 15:28:15 2008 option status:

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-05-09 Thread Wubuntish
NVidia does not have the precompiled kernel modules (yet), so even if you were able to connect, it would not make a difference. As for the libc header files, make sure you installed the build-essential package. (This package depends on libc-dev, which you need) -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays

Re: [Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-30 Thread broderboy
@naoli did you let the driver overwrite your xorg.conf? On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 5:52 PM, naoli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, I have the same pb with my NVIDIA GT. Downloading the latest drivers did work, but I can't have the 3D effects, or the white screen of death just comes back...

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-30 Thread hazb
Is it nvidia driver's or rather internal ubuntu problem? If it's nvidia's, do they know anything? -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

Re: [Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-30 Thread broderboy
its the nvidia drivers and the beta fixes it... On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 9:21 AM, hazb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it nvidia driver's or rather internal ubuntu problem? If it's nvidia's, do they know anything? -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-29 Thread naoli
Hi guys, I have the same pb with my NVIDIA GT. Downloading the latest drivers did work, but I can't have the 3D effects, or the white screen of death just comes back... Any idea ? Thanks a lot. -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-28 Thread holger
Same problem for me (Dell Inspiron 1520). Would be nice if this could be fixed by an ubuntu update. -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-28 Thread broderboy
I'm guessing that when the new driver is no longer beta, the restricted driver manager will be able to pick it up -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-28 Thread santasimp
I had this problem as well on a GeForce 8600M GT. Installing the beta driver worked as indicated. However 2D performance was horrible (Gmail in firefox 3b5 was absolutely unusable). I manually installed an older driver (100.14.19) and saw a noticeable improvement over the beta in both 2D and

Re: [Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-28 Thread broderboy
I've also noticed tracker drastically slowing down certain windows. I uninstalled it and firefox stopped graying out on me On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 12:51 PM, santasimp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had this problem as well on a GeForce 8600M GT. Installing the beta driver worked as indicated.

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-27 Thread rajeshksv
Can i download the driver seperately and then run it so that my friends need not download tht driver again from net??If possible plz temme how?? And is the procedure stated above is same (the name of driver) for 8400 model card on dell vostro 1500model??If not plz temme the name .i am unable to

Re: [Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-27 Thread broderboy
Hi rajeshksv, That driver should work for an 8400. let me know if you need more help with it -Tim On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 3:00 AM, rajeshksv [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can i download the driver seperately and then run it so that my friends need not download tht driver again from net??If

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-27 Thread rajeshksv
THANK YOU guysIt worked.I downloaded the driver and installed it.Now NVIDIA graphic card is enabled and all desktop effects were working.Before i saw urs solution I tried 2 enable it in a number of ways bt of no use ..So i posted in www.ubuntuforums.org and they gave me this link .Finally this

Re: [Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-27 Thread broderboy
no problem, glad you could get it to work! On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 3:12 PM, rajeshksv [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: THANK YOU guysIt worked.I downloaded the driver and installed it.Now NVIDIA graphic card is enabled and all desktop effects were working.Before i saw urs solution I tried 2

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-26 Thread Mikael B
The drivers at NVIDIA's site are the same as nvidia-glx-new. Is there any reason for trying them? I have the same problem. White screen, thin black horizontal lines near the bottom and a gradient vertical blue to gray bar appearing near the middle of the screen after a few seconds. --

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-26 Thread OlaNordmann
I can also confirm this issue, I'm using a Dell XPS M1530, Nvidia 8600 GT Mikael B: The BETA-driver. http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_173.08.html Can only be found through the driver-archive for all I know. -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-26 Thread Mikael B
Hei Ola, I installed the BETA driver after uninstalling everything related to NVIDIA in Ubuntu and I'm up and running again. I have not tested the external monitor yet, but will on Monday. The laptop monitor now works as expected. -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-26 Thread broderboy
I was able to fix this as well. # Completely remove nvidia-glx-new # Remove nvidia-kernel-common (this also removes linux-restricted- modules), (I am not sure if step 2 is required) # install build-essentials # Download the Nvidia beta driver that came out on April 10. You can get it here #

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-26 Thread Hotdog003
This problem also exists with the 8400M GS on a Dell Vostro 1500. I haven't tried the beta driver, and I'd rather stick with the ubuntu packages. -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-22 Thread Sebastien Bacher
** Changed in: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu) Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop (ubuntu-desktop) = (unassigned) -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-20 Thread Piotr Zaryk
** Changed in: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Ubuntu Desktop (ubuntu-desktop) Status: New = Confirmed -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-20 Thread lichtgestalt
It's a bit tricky but I also can confirm, that the beta driver is working correctly. -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-14 Thread siddtharth
I too have somewhat same problem. I'll try the latest drivers tonight hope it will work. waiting for ubuntu to work with my configuration for a long time. -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-13 Thread Wubuntish
I confirm that the new beta driver works. -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-11 Thread Stewbacca
This has been fixed for me by installing the latest nvidia beta drivers from their web site (Released 10th April). So not an unbuntu issue. -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-11 Thread johnb
yep, just done the same. latest driver works great! -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-10 Thread adwatkin19
I too am having this problem with a Dell Inspiron 1520 64bit dual core with Nvidia 8600GT I watch for Xorg updates and retry the drivers each time, and still no joy. Hope this gets solved too. Adam -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-10 Thread Scott
I also Have this Bug on my new Dell XPS M1530. Any information I can give to help fix this, Let me know.. Scott, NZ. -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-04-09 Thread Stewbacca
This remains to be a problem, none of the updates have fixed this issue with the nvidia drivers. -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-03-29 Thread Stewbacca
I am getting the same problem with the same video card on a Dell inspiron 1520 laptop. Tried Envy, manual install etc, same problems. -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-03-29 Thread Wubuntish
** Attachment added: lspci -vvnn http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12961578/lspci.txt -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-03-29 Thread Wubuntish
** Attachment added: xorg.conf using nvidia-xconfig http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12961574/xorg.conf -- nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208718 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed

[Bug 208718] Re: nvidia-glx-new driver displays white screen of death

2008-03-29 Thread lichtgestalt
I have the same problem. Some more details: When I attach an external display (Dell 1903FP) and press FN+F8 (to activate the VGA output) everything works fine on this screen. I tried a lot of things like twinview, clone, different resolutions and refresh rates. The Laptop display changes it's