** Description changed: I just updated my Karmic system ( a late 2008 13" Macbook; aka version 5,1 ) yesterday and a new version (185) restricted driver landed on my system. After a restart, my system failed to start X, and I could only login from a command prompt. See bug#418681 for the details. While debugging, I listed all of my nvidia packages and noticed that one had a ~jaunty version, mbp-nvidia-bl-dkms ( 0.22~jaunty ), which was installed from the mactel-support PPA ( lp:~mactel-support ). So thinking it might be part of the problem I used 'dpkg -P' to forcibly remove it. Note, nvidia-bl-dkm version 0.14 was still installed. I continued debugging the problem ( see the bug reference above for details ), and I now have a usable system. That is, until I tried to fire up Twinview on my external Acer 26" monitor. The monitor is connected via a mini Display Port to DVI cable to a DVI to HDMI cable. nvidia-settings recognizes the monitor, it allows me to configure as "Twinview", and when I hit the "Apply" button, I see the power button on the monitor transition from red to blue, but the screen never displays a thing. No errors are shown by nvidia-settings. Note, I tried tp re-install the nvidia-bl driver from mactel-support, but that doesn't seem to make a difference. One last note, I've *never* been able to get this machine to work with a mini DisplayPort-to-VGA adapter. I was only able to make the DVI version work. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Aug 27 11:31:08 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBook5,1 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl Package: nvidia-glx-185 185.18.36-0ubuntu1 PccardctlIdent: PccardctlStatus: ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=0edc7e68-43e0-4c85-9ee5-3f87f5c76631 ro quiet splash crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-7.27-generic RelatedPackageVersions: xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0~git20090817.7c422387-0ubuntu3 libdrm2 2.4.12+git20090801.45078630-0ubuntu1 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.8.1-1ubuntu1 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090629.f39cafc5-0ubuntu6 SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 Uname: Linux 2.6.31-7-generic x86_64 dmi.bios.date: 01/30/09 dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.bios.version: MB51.88Z.007D.B00.0901301153 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag# dmi.board.name: Mac-F42D89A9 dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.board.version: Proto dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag# dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F42D89A9 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMB51.88Z.007D.B00.0901301153:bd01/30/09:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBook5,1:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F42D89A9:rvrProto:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-F42D89A9: dmi.product.name: MacBook5,1 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc. fglrx: Not loaded system: distro: Ubuntu architecture: x86_64kernel: 2.6.31-7-generic + + [lspci] + 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation C79 [GeForce 9400M] [10de:0863] (rev b1) + Subsystem: Apple Computer Inc. Device [106b:00aa]
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