Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-driver-nv
During Ubuntu 7.04 Beta installation, the Geforce 6600 has been detected
and assigned video driver xorg "nv" in /etc/xorg.conf. This is what was
expected.
After reboot into newly installed Feisty, Xorg started and video display
is all garbled, strecthed and with wrong colors.
Possible Workaround found (use at your own risk)
- I had to switch to console;
CTRL-ALT-F1
- Go in single user mode;
$ telinit 1
- Change video driver from "nv" to "vesa" in the xorg.conf; sudo vi
/etc/xorg.conf and replace "nv" by "vesa" or
$ sudo cp /etc/xorg.conf /etc/xorg.conf.orig; sudo sed s/nv/vesa/
/etc/xorg.conf > /tmp/tst; sudo cp /tmp/tst /etc/xorg.conf
-Go back to multiuser graphic mode
$ telinit 2
After xorg restarted, Xorg should work properly since it would be using "vesa"
driver instead of "nv" driver.
Processor used: Intel Pentium IV 2.4GigHz
Videocard: BFG Geforce 6600 GT OC 128Meg (AGP video card)
It seems the "nv" driver is broken. Feisty is updated as of april 3 and
the problem with Xorg "nv" driver is still there.
For this PC configuration, it would have been better if Ubuntu
installation would have used "vesa" driver for in the xorg.conf file.
When the video is gardbled, you can sometime recognize part of the
gdm/kdm login screen. The image is very stretched and with all the wrong
colors...
P.S. There is no linux distro and no Xorg "nv" driver that has ever
worked on this PC and this video card. Xorg "vesa" driver works fine.
The proprietary driver from Nvidia works perfectly.
thanks
** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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xorg won't start on nvida 6600 card due to nv driver not supporting 6600's
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/102683
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