Public bug reported:
Hello.
$ lspci | grep nVidia
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV31M [GeForce FX Go5650]
(rev a1)
I just upgraded to Jaunty RC. At my first boot, I was forced to use
"low-graphics" mode. I, then, rebooted in "recovery mode" and selected the
"xfix" option. That worked, as after a reboot, my normal screen resolution was
in use. But I was suddenly using the nv, open source driver, instead of the
proprietary one (I was using at Intrepid). I tried to open System ->
Administration -> Hardware Drivers (jockey-gtk) and saw 2 options (the same I
was seeing when I was using Intrepid): nVidia 173 driver [Recommended], and
nVidia 96 driver. (Note that after the upgrade to Intrepid I had to switch to
the 173 driver, from the nvidia-glx-new, due to some serious Xorg changes). I
clicked on the first choice and hit "Activate". I, then, saw a small untitled
window saying "Downloading and Installing the driver" and a gauge, that finally
reached 100%. Then, that small untitled window was closed. But, the driver was
still "not activated".
I also noticed that if I follow the procedure I described above, and then
reboot, I get the "low-graphics" mode, again (I don't get that if I reboot
without following the above procedure). That makes me think that the driver
gets partially installed, for some reason.
Looking forward to a soon answer/fix, ;-)
and thanks, in advance.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Lsusb:
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 045e:0040 Microsoft Corp. Wheel Mouse Optical
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation Latitude D800
Package: jockey-gtk 0.5-0ubuntu10
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=977b6ad5-a21c-4e74-8dd9-2e5f9d41d5e3 ro single
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-7.16-generic
SourcePackage: jockey
** Affects: jockey (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386
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Unable to activate driver
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363872
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