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This is for fresh should-be-perfect install of 12.04 precise pangolin on
T61 thinkpad and similar models.
Nouveau and nVidia affected.
There are multiple bug reports and partial fixes on various web sites.
Problem: Nouveau driver is fundamentally broken for some configurations.
In particular, I am using *** a large (1920x1200) monitor via a port
replicator ***. It seems to work on the built-in LCD, and when in
crippled lower-resolution modes. However, it is difficult to configure
to a persistently crippled mode of operation.
The symptoms are breakdown of video and system crash.
NVidia driver for these machines is useless (obviously I am pretty
stupid trying to use old hardware like this). In particular, the NVidia
driver was always junk when using a port replicator. In this setup
(12.04 etc) one has to tediously reconfigure the entire display setup
everytime, and such things as the wallpaper are broken even then.
Basically, I never found the NVidia driver to be any good for anything
but the built-in LCD.
Put another way, the NVidia driver was dreadful for port replicators,
and now that the Nouveau driver crashes all the time users are
regretting upgrading to 12.04.
The Nouveau 10.04 LTS drivers at this date (ie 2012/08/06) were just
fine.
** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: bot-comment
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NVidia (Thinkpad) completely broken
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1033704
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