Hello, Mr. Marconi, This was so long ago that I don´t remember the situation, or even the post. I can tell you that I have been running Ubuntu with my NVIDIA card for quite a while with no trouble whatsoever. But I´m not really sure how I got it to work. Sorry about that.
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Fabio Marconi <[email protected]>wrote: > Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu > better. > Is this bug reproducible with the latest Lucid packages ? > Tanks in advance. > > ** Changed in: ubuntu > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > Terminal whites out after NVIDIA X Server Settings saved to xorg.conf using > sudo and reboot > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/379989 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: gnome-terminal > > GNOME Terminal 2.26.0 is the version. I don't understand the stuff about > finding the right package, sorry. The situation is that I have purchased an > Nvidia card: e-GeForce FX 5200 from eVga. I installed this, then installed > Ubuntu, wiping out all previous partitions (only one hard drive). It had me > download updates from Ubuntu, then drivers from Nvidia. The download for > each driver (173 and 96) hanged, but System->Administration->Hardware > Drivers allowed me to activate them individually. I tried the 173 driver, > but in NVIDIA X Server Settings its resolution was minimal (640 X 480), so I > tried the 96 driver, which gave me 1024 X 768. The gnome terminal white out > happens both with 85 Hz or on Auto. It only whites out AFTER reboot. I can > left click at the top of the terminal white space and get menus. I can > right click on it and also get a menu. And I can close it from the task > bar. I can even type "exit" and it closes. So it's simply not displaying > the terminal, even though it functions. I intend to keep trying lower > resolutions, but actually, I can only save the NVIDIA X Server Settings > Configuration by bringing it up via sudo at the command prompt. It doesn't > ask me for my password before entering NVIDIA X Server Settings from the > menu (System->Administration). > > Hope all this helps! > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: i386 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 > ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > Package: gnome-terminal 2.26.0-0ubuntu2 > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: gnome-terminal > Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686 > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/379989/+subscribe > -- Terminal whites out after NVIDIA X Server Settings saved to xorg.conf using sudo and reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/379989 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
