Nvidia GT 240m gives problems

[Robert Oonk]

Can't install proprietary NVIDIA driver 340.107
X uses software rendering rather than hardware

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-178.208-generic 4.4.217
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-178-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_support_test.1:

ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.23
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
Date: Mon May 11 18:41:34 2020
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 bbswitch, 0.8, 4.4.0-178-generic, x86_64: installed
 virtualbox, 5.1.38, 4.4.0-148-generic, x86_64: installed
 virtualbox, 5.1.38, 4.4.0-178-generic, x86_64: installed
 virtualbox, 5.1.38, 4.4.0-98-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation GT216M [GeForce GT 240M] [10de:0a34] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation GT216M [GeForce GT 240M] [10de:0688]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-18 (965 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
MachineType: Acer Aspire Z5610
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=nl_BE:nl
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=nl_BE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-178-generic root=UUID=398c17c4-3b3b-4a56-92f8-6f6a37b9eee1 ro nomodeset quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Renderer: Software
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 01/19/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix
dmi.bios.version: P01-B2L
dmi.board.name: Aspire Z5610
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.type: 13
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenix:bvrP01-B2L:bd01/19/2010:svnAcer:pnAspireZ5610:pvr:rvnAcer:rnAspireZ5610:rvr:cvnAcer:ct13:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Aspire Z5610
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.3+16.04.20180221-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.91-2~16.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.8
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1.2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-1build2
xserver.bootTime: Mon May 11 18:16:46 2020
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:

xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.8

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and help make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately, we cannot work on this bug because your description didn't include enough information. You may find it helpful to read 'How to report bugs effectively' http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem.

We have instructions on debugging some types of problems at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures.

At a minimum, we need:
1. The specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the problem.
2. The behavior you expected.
3. The behavior you actually encountered (in as much detail as possible).

Thanks!

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

I can see three issues:

1. You're using Ubuntu 16.04. While that is supported, it is not well supported. Please consider trying Ubuntu 20.04 instead: https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop

2. The nvidia driver (when it is working) reports the screen is faulty:

  [ 19.136] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): The EDID read for display device DFP-0 is invalid: the
  [ 19.136] (WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): checksum for EDID version 1 is invalid.

  Please try to get a BIOS update from Acer to fix that.

3. The Nvidia driver is possibly not installed properly. Please uninstall it completely. Then if the system still doesn't work without it, reinstall it.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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