external monitor not supported on 16.10

[Richard Pickett]

Lenovo w530 w/ Nvidia GK107GLM [Quadro K2000M]

Nouveau finds the VGA monitor and everything works *but* the monitor is laggy. Seems that's a known issue.

So I install the nvidia driver (add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa; apt-get update; apt-get install nvidia-378), but when the laptop reboots I don't have the second monitor. It doesn't show up in nvidia-setup.

I've gone back as far as nvidia-304 (yes, one at a time, yes rebuilding ramdisk and full rebooting, and yes it's slow and painful), but none of them give me the plugged in monitor.

I'm happy if you want to walk me through get/patch/compile to do testing. I'd just like (a) a non-laggy experience on the second monitor.

Thanks!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-37.39-generic 4.8.16
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-37-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0000.01.00.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 378.13 Tue Feb 7 20:10:06 PST 2017
 GCC version: gcc version 6.2.0 20161005 (Ubuntu 6.2.0-5ubuntu12)
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback:Unity
Date: Sun Feb 19 18:05:39 2017
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: yakkety
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 bbswitch, 0.8, 4.8.0-37-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-378, 378.13, 4.8.0-37-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [17aa:21f5]
 NVIDIA Corporation GK107GLM [Quadro K2000M] [10de:0ffb] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo GK107GLM [Quadro K2000M] [17aa:21f5]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-19 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
MachineType: LENOVO 2436CTO
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.8.0-37-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 01/17/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: G5ET91WW (2.51 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 2436CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: NO DPK
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrG5ET91WW(2.51):bd01/17/2013:svnLENOVO:pn2436CTO:pvrThinkPadW530:rvnLENOVO:rn2436CTO:rvrNODPK:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 2436CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad W530
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.13.0+16.10.20160818.2-0ubuntu2
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.70-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 12.0.3-1ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 12.0.3-1ubuntu2
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu6.1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.2-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.1-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-2
xserver.bootTime: Sun Feb 19 17:51:44 2017
xserver.configfile: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu6.1

[dino99 (9d9)]

This is an unsupported release now. Please think to install the next LTS 'Bionic 18.04'

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-next/daily-live/current/
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/ubuntu-18-04-minimal-install-option

[Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)]

Marking as Invalid because the release is EOL is not correct. Marking as Incomplete. Also, 18.04 is (at the time of writing) still in development, and you should expect some breakage.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Responses#Release_has_reached_End_of_Life_.28EOL.29

Reporter, is this still present on 17.10 or 16.04?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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