Constant splash screen error

[Davie Hodge]

I keep getting an error message stating that they are errors in my system files that just seem to happen after a system update

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-66.107-generic 3.13.11-ckt27
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-66-generic i686
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.16
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
Date: Thu Oct 8 08:16:15 2015
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] [10de:0221] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Device [196e:02f2]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-13 (147 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140417)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard hp workstation xw4100
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-66-generic root=UUID=22a76ddb-622f-4ee4-80ec-b2f13d490d04 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/01/2004
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 786B3 v1.18
dmi.board.name: 0868h
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.type: 2
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: HP Minitower
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr786B3v1.18:bd04/01/2004:svnHewlett-Packard:pnhpworkstationxw4100:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn0868h:rvr:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct2:cvrHPMinitower:
dmi.product.name: hp workstation xw4100
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20150313-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.60-2~ubuntu14.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.5
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.5
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.6
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
xserver.bootTime: Thu Oct 8 08:02:15 2015
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.devices:
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7
 input USB Optical Mouse MOUSE, id 8
 input Logitech Logitech USB Headset KEYBOARD, id 9
 input AT Translated Set 2 keyboard KEYBOARD, id 10
xserver.errors:
 Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
 Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2.7
xserver.video_driver: nouveau

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

If your NIC is acting funny, note the following from your dmesg:

[ 97.840034] tg3 0000:05:02.0: vpd r/w failed. This is likely a firmware bug on this device. Contact the card vendor for a firmware update.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Davie Hodge, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.

As per http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/readIndex?sp4ts.oid=314652&swLangOid=8&swEnvOid=1093 an update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (1.20). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it change anything?

If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette .

Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. As well, you don't have to create a new bug report.

Once the BIOS is updated, if the problem is still reproducible, and the information above is provided, then please mark this report Status New. Otherwise, please mark this as Invalid.

Thank you for your understanding.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for xorg (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]