gco, thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu. Karmic reached EOL on April 30, 2011. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases .
Is this an issue in a supported release? If so, could you please execute the following command, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal: apport-collect 85451 Please ensure you have xdiagnose installed, and that you click the Yes button for attaching additional debugging information. ** Attachment removed: "picture in bigger resolution also showing slight differences in pattern.jpg" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180/+bug/85451/+attachment/829421/+files/picture%20in%20bigger%20resolution%20also%20showing%20slight%20differences%20in%20pattern.jpg ** Attachment removed: "lspci -vv" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-180/+bug/85451/+attachment/93766/+files/lspci%20-vv ** Package changed: nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu) => xorg (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/85451 Title: Switch tty, shutdown, reboot cause colorful screen on GeForce Go 6200 Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When I ctrl+alt+F1-6 to any tty, the machine freezes and gives me a very colorful screen! This also happens when I reboot or shutdown the machine" I'm running Ubuntu Feisty Linux kernel 2.6.20-13-generic Xorg version 7.2 Nvidia GeForce Go 6200 with the latest Ubuntu driver 1.0-9755 I have the latest BIOS version R0092V0 for my laptop Sony VAIO S3XP I have tested with Edgy 6.10 kernel 2.6.17 ... same problem. I have tried without "quiet splash vga=xxx" options in Grub config with no success. I have also tried with option "vga=normal" ... same problem. This is a very annoying problem! ProblemType: Bug Date: Thu Feb 15 23:29:50 2007 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04 Uname: Linux SONYS3XP 2.6.20-8-generic #2 SMP Tue Feb 13 05:18:42 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux [lspci] 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03) Subsystem: Sony Corporation Unknown device 81b7 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce Go 6200 TurboCache (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Sony Corporation Unknown device 81c9 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/85451/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

