Some more feedback. The install to hard disk seems to go well. Running from hard disk, using nouveau driver, seems at first glance OK. I left the system, later took out of screen saver. Background and top bar and left side bar ok. But while attempting to open the system setting, the initial menu only shows a rectangle with a king of garbled noisy pattern, nothing readable. Opening a terminal by ctrl-alt-t opens a comparable rectangle. Nothing readable, some kind of garbled noisy pattern (there seems to be some regualarity, random colers/spots). So the nouveau driver still has some issues. After opening ctrl-alt-F1 terminal (that works OK) and installing nvidia-173 (suitable for my graphics card) and a reboot, the original black background issue is again present. So the bug is confirmed using the daily build 13.10 downloaded 28-may-2013. I guess it would make sense to perform the apport-collect thing. But as the terminal is not visible, I need to type blind. Please advise on course of action. Attempt to perform the apport- collect (might install a startup script, maybe some logging into file). Can install the script after starting into one of the resque options. Or does it make sense to kick out nvidia and continue on nouveau? Please advise.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068601 Title: 10de:0322 12.10: Black screen with GeForce FX 5200 card Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in “xserver-xorg-video-nouveau” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Having installed Ubuntu 12.10, a black screen now appears after logon (only the cursor is visible). Everything (graphically) up until logon is fine. On my previous build (12.04), I was using Nvidia's drivers. As well, this did not happen with the nouveau drivers either. WORKAROUND: This seems to be a problem with my Nvidia FX5200 graphics card as when I removed this and used the integrated graphics (Intel 82865G) instead, everything was fine. WORKAROUND: Using the following kernel parameters gets me to the desktop but the OS is very unresponsive: nomodeset --- ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: graham 1720 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: country GB: (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20) (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (N/A, 20) (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (N/A, 20), DFS (5490 - 5710 @ 40), (N/A, 27), DFS DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=bd714dd8-b111-42c1-88b5-0b32b12b0bff InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-19 (6 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2) MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation OptiPlex GX270 MarkForUpload: True Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=f4138a35-ef8f-4c93-a963-09e6b2ae85e3 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-17-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-17-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.95 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no Tags: quantal running-unity Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo dmi.bios.date: 06/26/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation dmi.bios.version: A07 dmi.board.name: 0FG015 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corp. dmi.chassis.type: 6 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA07:bd06/26/2006:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnOptiPlexGX270:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorp.:rn0FG015:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct6:cvr: dmi.product.name: OptiPlex GX270 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1068601/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
