** Description changed: Binary package hint: xorg - I am testing Natty 20110328 Live Desktop CD for amd64, as part of the Xorg-prop-drivers-testers group. - My notebook is a Sony Vaio VPC Z119GC (Intel Core i7-620M CPU and 4 gigabytes of RAM). The hardware switch above the keyboard on my machine has 2 settings ‘speed’ and ‘stamina’ - * When set to ‘Speed’, the machine uses the NVidia GeForce® GT 330M GPU). I always leave it on the Speed setting. - * When set to ‘Stamina’, the machine uses the motherboard’s Intel chipset for graphics. - NVidia proprietary drivers have never installed and run properly on Sony Vaio VPC Z series models when using standard installation procedures (either Desktop Live CD, Alternate CD, 32 bit or 64 bit installers). I have tried and failed to install NVidia proprietary drivers for Karmic, Lucid, Maverick and now Natty. The best you get is a relatively unresponsive blank screen. You never get in to the GUI. The problem likely occurs on all Sonys with model numbers starting in Z11 and Z13 and possibly more, making this a problem that applies to tens of thousands of notebooks. + I'm testing the NVidia Proprietary Driver on the Natty 20110328 daily Live Desktop amd64 CD for the Xorg team. + My Sony Vaio VPC Z119GC has a NVidia GeForce GT 330M. + + I've tried many times to install Ubuntu and an NVidia proprietary driver + since I got my Vaio a year ago (on Karmic, Lucid, Maverick and now + Natty). The best I ever get is a blank screen (no GUI). The default + vesa driver now works on Natty, which is a big improvement on previous + distos, which were completely unuseable. I've read that other Sony + Vaios with model numbers starting in Z11 and Z13 have the same problem. The following is the list of results I get when I try to go through the steps in the "Installation" mandatory testcase for "Nvidia Proprietary Drivers" using Natty Daily Live CD 20110328: 1. Boot stock system on compatible video hardware, using the appropriate open source driver (or -vesa). By default, Ubuntu boots with the open source driver. RESULT: No problems. 2. Note the contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf (or simply note absence of the file) RESULT: The file is absent. 3. Go to System : Administration : Hardware Drivers 4. Verify that it correctly identifies that a video driver is available for this hardware RESULT: The system nominates "NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (version -current)" (as is expected/normal) 5. Install the recommended driver. RESULT: No problem. 6. Verify that a *.ko file is installed properly for the correct kernel(s) find /lib/modules/ -type f -ls -iname '*.ko' | grep -E "/nvidia-current.ko|/nvidia-173.ko|/nvidia-96.ko|/fglrx.ko" - Check that the timestamp of the file is correct. + Check that the timestamp of the file is correct. RESULT: 133605 13248 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13562440 Apr 2 21:31 /lib/modules/2.6.38-7-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia-current.ko - 7. Note new contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf. It should list the name of the proprietary driver as a minimum. + 7. Note new contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf. It should list the name of the proprietary driver as a minimum. RESULTING CONTENTS OF xorg.conf: Section "Screen" - Identifier "Default Screen" - DefaultDepth 24 + Identifier "Default Screen" + DefaultDepth 24 EndSection Section "Module" - Load "glx" + Load "glx" EndSection Section "Device" - Identifier "Default Device" - Driver "nvidia" - Option "NoLogo" "True" + Identifier "Default Device" + Driver "nvidia" + Option "NoLogo" "True" EndSection 8. Reboot 9. Verify the GUI display comes up RESULT: FAILURE After Grub, there is a blank screen. This stays indefinitely. There is no Ubuntu splash screen. I have left it for half an hour or more and it just stays blank. After a long time, I tried pressing some keys, and got garbled text output in the very top left corner of the screen: e.g. "^[[B ^[[C" I can type letters but typing commands or trying to login does not work. I then pressed Ctrl-Alt-F2, and was able to login as a user to the tty terminal 10. Verify the proprietary driver loaded - grep -E "LoadModule:.*\"nvidia|fglrx\"" /var/log/Xorg.0.log + grep -E "LoadModule:.*\"nvidia|fglrx\"" /var/log/Xorg.0.log RESULT: [ 5.899] (II) LoadModule: “nvidia” So, it appears that the nvidia driver did in fact load. After this, I typed: - ls -al /var/crash + ls -al /var/crash This showed an empty directory, i.e. no apport or crash files are there. I then typed: apport-cli xorg so that I could submit this bug accompanied by an apport file. I answered Yes to allow gdm log files to be included. I also got this output from the apport-cli command: cat: /var/log/gdm/:0.log.2: No such file or directory I can get the NVidia proprietary driver to work on Natty (20110328) if I install the following custom hacked kernels and boot from this: * linux-headers-2.6.28.10-vaioz_2.6.28.10-vaioz-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb * linux-image-2.6.28.10-vaioz_2.6.28.10-vaioz-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb You can read about this procedure and download the hacked kernels from: * http://www.adhocism.net/2010/11/installing-ubuntu-10-10-on-sony-vaio-vpc-z13m9eb/ * http://www.voip-x.co.uk/files/adam/IMPORTANT_README However this is a dirty hack, not a real fix. Please Ubuntu devs, help all those Sony Vaio users get Ubuntu (legitimately) in Natty. :) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: xorg 1:7.6~3ubuntu11 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: - NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 270.30 Fri Feb 25 14:34:55 PST 2011 - GCC version: gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-7ubuntu1) + NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 270.30 Fri Feb 25 14:34:55 PST 2011 + GCC version: gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-7ubuntu1) Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell] DRM.card0.DP.1: - status: disconnected - enabled: disabled - dpms: On - modes: - edid-base64: + status: disconnected + enabled: disabled + dpms: On + modes: + edid-base64: DRM.card0.DP.2: - status: disconnected - enabled: disabled - dpms: On - modes: - edid-base64: + status: disconnected + enabled: disabled + dpms: On + modes: + edid-base64: DRM.card0.HDMI.A.1: - status: disconnected - enabled: disabled - dpms: On - modes: - edid-base64: + status: disconnected + enabled: disabled + dpms: On + modes: + edid-base64: DRM.card0.HDMI.A.2: - status: disconnected - enabled: disabled - dpms: On - modes: - edid-base64: + status: disconnected + enabled: disabled + dpms: On + modes: + edid-base64: DRM.card0.HDMI.A.3: - status: disconnected - enabled: disabled - dpms: On - modes: - edid-base64: + status: disconnected + enabled: disabled + dpms: On + modes: + edid-base64: DRM.card0.VGA.1: - status: disconnected - enabled: disabled - dpms: On - modes: - edid-base64: + status: disconnected + enabled: disabled + dpms: On + modes: + edid-base64: DRM.card0.eDP.1: - status: connected - enabled: enabled - dpms: On - modes: 1600x900 - edid-base64: + status: connected + enabled: enabled + dpms: On + modes: 1600x900 + edid-base64: Date: Sat Apr 2 22:28:12 2011 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: natty DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 270.30, 2.6.38-7-generic, x86_64: installed GdmLog2: - + GraphicsCard: - Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) - Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:905a] - nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 330M] [10de:0a2b] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) - Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:905a] + Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) + Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:905a] + nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 330M] [10de:0a2b] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) + Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:905a] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110328.1) JockeyStatus: xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use) MachineType: Sony Corporation VPCZ119GS ProcEnviron: - SHELL=/bin/bash - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-7-generic root=UUID=bedfb76a-dd10-47d6-a1cb-e1931085a16b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 Renderer: Unknown SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/30/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE dmi.bios.version: R3030C3 dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A dmi.board.name: VAIO dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation dmi.board.version: N/A dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDE:bvrR3030C3:bd07/30/2010:svnSonyCorporation:pnVPCZ119GS:pvrA222GMUK:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: VPCZ119GS dmi.product.version: A222GMUK dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4git20110322-0ubuntu5 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu5 version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.1-0ubuntu3 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6~3ubuntu11 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu6
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