[Bug 284715] Re: X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver

2008-10-21 Thread Alberto Milone
Paul: try asking here: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=14 maybe you will find someone who has the same motherboard and managed to solve the problem. I'm closing this bug report since these problems depend on the BIOS and therefore can't be fixed without a BIOS upgrade/fix. **

[Bug 284715] Re: X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver

2008-10-20 Thread Paul Lorenz
pci=routeirq noapic irqpoll pci=routeirq I tried these two options. They both booted (unlike plain noapic), but X still failed to start. -- X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284715 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 284715] Re: X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver

2008-10-19 Thread Alberto Milone
Susan: it depends on the BIOS. Can you try upgrading the BIOS? here's the evidence: Oct 19 08:42:22 ubuntu kernel: [ 104.565413] NVRM: The system BIOS may have misconfigured your graphics card. Oct 19 08:42:22 ubuntu kernel: [ 104.565461] NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine failed for 1 device(s).

[Bug 284715] Re: X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver

2008-10-19 Thread Susan Cragin
Whoops. Wrong bug reports. (They are from WINE running Dragon Naturally Speaking. You don't want those.) Here is the correct one. ** Attachment added: "CORRECT BUG REPORT -- ignore the two I just posted" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18699535/nvidia-bug-report.log -- X fails to start with p

[Bug 284715] Re: X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver

2008-10-19 Thread Susan Cragin
Here is the second. ** Attachment added: "1016crashreport2.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18699410/1016crashreport2.log -- X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284715 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whi

[Bug 284715] Re: X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver

2008-10-19 Thread Susan Cragin
I did try removing the option as you said. That did not work. I restored my system to a default nvidia config using envyng, and ran the bug report generator. The report came in two sections. Here is the first. ** Attachment added: "crash report 1 of 2" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18699400/10

[Bug 284715] Re: X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver

2008-10-19 Thread Alberto Milone
Susan: that xorg.conf looks good now. Maybe try removing this line: Option "UseFBDev" "true" Furthermore I would be glad if you could attach the nvidia-bug-report.log that the following command will create (in the same directory in which you type the command): sudo nvidia-b

[Bug 284715] Re: X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver

2008-10-19 Thread Susan Cragin
Alberto: Thank you for the tips. I have tried jockey and envyng, and neither configures properly. I am attaching the xorg.conf file that envyng-qt produced. ** Attachment added: "after running envyng" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18697200/xorg.nvidia -- X fails to start with proprietary nv

[Bug 284715] Re: X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver

2008-10-19 Thread Susan Cragin
** Attachment added: "matching xorg.0.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18697219/Xorg.0.log.old -- X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284715 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 284715] Re: X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver

2008-10-19 Thread Alberto Milone
Paul: try with either of these options: pci=routeirq noapic irqpoll pci=routeirq Susan: you're experiencing a different problem, due to (at least) misconfiguration of the xorg.conf (e.g. the DefaultDepth is not set to 24 bits). I suggest you to install the driver with either Jockey (Hardware Dr

[Bug 284715] Re: X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver

2008-10-19 Thread Susan Cragin
This is the xorg.conf file that is generated by the nvidia-xconf command. ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18691153/xorg.conf -- X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284715 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 284715] Re: X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver

2008-10-19 Thread Susan Cragin
My nvidia card also does not work at all. I use intrepid studio on an ASUS laptop. I have all upgrades as of 19-Oct and I tried it today. My workaround is to use the vesa driver. ** Attachment added: "lspci.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18691106/lspci.txt -- X fails to start with prop

[Bug 284715] Re: X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver

2008-10-18 Thread Paul Lorenz
pci=noacpi don't use ACPI for PCI IRQ routing Machine failed to boot. Could not find root drive. pci=biosirq use PCI BIOS calls to retrieve the IRQ routing table Message on start up, PCI: biosirq is unknown parameter (not verbatim) noapic don't use I/O APICs present in the system System

[Bug 284715] Re: X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver

2008-10-18 Thread Joshua V. Dillon
I am also having this problem ("failed to copy vbios to system memory"), and I tried all four kernel options recommended above. It is worth mention that I have a hybrid graphics system on my Sony Vaio Z series. [code] $ lspci|grep -i vga 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile

[Bug 284715] Re: X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver

2008-10-18 Thread Alberto Milone
Let me quote NVIDIA's "Common Problems" page: "This can be caused by a variety of problems, such as PCI IRQ routing errors, I/O APIC problems or conflicts with other devices sharing the IRQ (or their drivers). If possible, configure your system such that your graphics card does not share its IRQ

[Bug 284715] Re: X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver

2008-10-17 Thread Paul Lorenz
I used jockey to select the 177 driver, then rebooted. On boot I got the low-res X with warning saying it failed to start up. I went to a console and copied over the files, then restored the default xorg.conf. Let me know if there is anything else I can tell you or try. Thank you. -- X fails to

[Bug 284715] Re: X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver

2008-10-17 Thread Paul Lorenz
** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log.old" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18652692/Xorg.0.log.old -- X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284715 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 284715] Re: X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver

2008-10-17 Thread Paul Lorenz
** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18652686/Xorg.0.log -- X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284715 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-

[Bug 284715] Re: X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver

2008-10-17 Thread Paul Lorenz
** Attachment added: "xorg.conf" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18652682/xorg.conf -- X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284715 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bu

[Bug 284715] Re: X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver

2008-10-17 Thread Alberto Milone
can you attach the following files? /var/log/Xorg.0.log /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old /etc/X11/xorg.conf -- X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/284715 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.