*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 228824 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/228824
More info:
$ sudo lshw -C video
[sudo] password for brucesalem:
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: e
bus info: p...@0000:00:0d.0
version: a2
width: 64 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
$ sudo nvidia-xconfig
Using X configuration file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf".
VALIDATION ERROR: Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
Device section "Configured Video Device" must have a
Driver line.
Backed up file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' as '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup'
New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (bui...@crested) Thu Jun 26 06:23:58 UTC 200
8
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
$ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 800 x 600, maximum 800 x 600
default connected 800x600+0+0 0mm x 0mm
800x600 60.0* 56.0
640x480 60.0
400x300 60.0 56.0
320x240 60.0
$ xrandr --verbose
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 800 x 600, maximum 800 x 600
default connected 800x600+0+0 (0x84) normal (normal) 0mm x 0mm
Identifier: 0x83
Timestamp: 34296
Subpixel: unknown
Clones:
CRTC: 0
CRTCs: 0
800x600 (0x84) 28.8MHz *current
h: width 800 start 0 end 0 total 800 skew 0 clock 36.0K
Hz
v: height 600 start 0 end 0 total 600 clock 60.0H
z
800x600 (0x85) 26.9MHz
h: width 800 start 0 end 0 total 800 skew 0 clock 33.6K
Hz
v: height 600 start 0 end 0 total 600 clock 56.0H
z
640x480 (0x86) 18.4MHz
h: width 640 start 0 end 0 total 640 skew 0 clock 28.8K
Hz
v: height 480 start 0 end 0 total 480 clock 60.0H
z
400x300 (0x87) 7.2MHz
h: width 400 start 0 end 0 total 400 skew 0 clock 18.0K
Hz
v: height 300 start 0 end 0 total 300 clock 60.0H
z
400x300 (0x88) 6.7MHz
h: width 400 start 0 end 0 total 400 skew 0 clock 16.8K
Hz
v: height 300 start 0 end 0 total 300 clock 56.0H
z
320x240 (0x89) 4.6MHz
h: width 320 start 0 end 0 total 320 skew 0 clock 14.4K
Hz
v: height 240 start 0 end 0 total 240 clock 60.0H
z
$ cvt 1024 768
# 1024x768 59.92 Hz (CVT 0.79M3) hsync: 47.82 kHz; pclk: 63.50 MHz
Modeline "1024x768_60.00" 63.50 1024 1072 1176 1328 768 771 775 798 -hsyn
c +vsync
$ cvt 1440 900
# 1440x900 59.89 Hz (CVT 1.30MA) hsync: 55.93 kHz; pclk: 106.50 MHz
Modeline "1440x900_60.00" 106.50 1440 1528 1672 1904 900 903 909 934 -hsyn
c +vsync
Part of the Xorg.log
(--) PCI:*(0...@0:13:0) nVidia Corporation GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 rev 162, Me
m @ 0xfb000000/16777216, 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xfc000000/16777216, BIOS @ 0x
????????/131072
(II) System resource ranges:
X.Org X Server 1.5.2
Release Date: 10 October 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-15-server x86_64 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux brucesalem-desktop 2.6.27-17-server #1 SMP Fr
i Mar 12 02:48:52 UTC 2010 x86_64
Build Date: 09 March 2009 01:06:41PM
[...]
(--) PCI:*(0...@0:13:0) nVidia Corporation GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 rev 162, Me
m @ 0xfb000000/16777216, 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xfc000000/16777216, BIOS @ 0x
????????/131072
(II) System resource ranges:
[...]
(II) VESA(0): Total Memory: 2048 64KB banks (131072kB)
(II) VESA(0): Configured Monitor: Using default hsync range of 31.50-37.90 kH
z
(II) VESA(0): Configured Monitor: Using default vrefresh range of 50.00-70.00
Hz
(WW) VESA(0): Unable to estimate virtual size
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "2048x1536" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1280x1024" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "800x600" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x480" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x400" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "320x400" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "320x240" (no mode of this name)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "320x200" (no mode of this name)
(WW) VESA(0): No valid modes left. Trying less strict filter...
(II) VESA(0): Configured Monitor: Using hsync range of 31.50-37.90 kHz
(II) VESA(0): Configured Monitor: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-70.00 Hz
(WW) VESA(0): Unable to estimate virtual size
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "2048x1536" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "640x400" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "320x400" (hsync out of range)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "320x240" (illegal horizontal timings)
(II) VESA(0): Not using built-in mode "320x200" (illegal horizontal timings)
(--) VESA(0): Virtual size is 800x600 (pitch 800)
(**) VESA(0): *Built-in mode "800x600"
(**) VESA(0): *Built-in mode "640x480"
(==) VESA(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
(II) VESA(0): Attempting to use 60Hz refresh for mode "800x600" (115)
(II) VESA(0): Attempting to use 60Hz refresh for mode "640x480" (112)
(**) VESA(0): Using "Shadow Framebuffer"
(II) Loading sub module "shadow"
(II) LoadModule: "shadow"
[...]
(II) VESA(0): initializing int10
(II) VESA(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(II) VESA(0): VESA BIOS detected
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 131072 kB
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM: NVIDIA
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 5.97
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: MCP61 - mcp61-80
(II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: Chip Rev
(II) VESA(0): virtual address = 0x7f13ab9bf000,
physical address = 0xe0000000, size = 134217728
(==) VESA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) VESA(0): Backing store disabled
(II) VESA(0): DPMS enabled
(==) RandR enabled
[...]
(EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver not found
)
This matches what the restart says about only doing lowres.
I do not know which package to install from Synaptic Pkg Mgr.
Is it one of the proprietary ones such as 173, or is it the open source
driver?
--
nvidia packages contain kernel modules compiled using older gcc
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/226983
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