[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1310406] Re: [regression] Trusty kernel doesn't recognize GeForce 8600m GT nor with nouveau or nvidia drivers

I also want to add that I have now seen this issue in LXDE. It only happened a couple of times--once while I was on YouTube and once while I was using the Ubuntu Software Center. But LXDE is still the only desktop that I can successfully launch and use when Nvidia's driver is enabled. -- You re

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1063354] Re: [Dell Studio XPS 1640] Sudden Read-Only Filesystems

I have an old tower which I use to test multiple operating systems. Each OS lives on a separate drive in a removable tray, so the drives can be swapped as needed. Once in a while the system would hang when the BIOS was set to auto-detect the drives at every boot, or I would see an occasional failu

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1310406] Re: [regression] Trusty kernel doesn't recognize GeForce 8600m GT nor with nouveau or nvidia drivers

I encountered similar issues on a geForce FX 5200 (at least with regard to the 'llvmpipe' fallback behavior.) However, according to Nvidia that 8600M GPU should be using the 340 series driver and Ubuntu should not offer to install 304 or 331 on the OP's platform (unless I misread something here.)