Nvidia Issues

[Michael Messier]

not sure what the issues are, I have swapped between three versions of drivers:
Nvidia legacy binary ver. 304.135, Nvidia legacy binary ver. 173.14.39 and X.org Nouveau

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-148.174~14.04.1-generic 4.4.177
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-148-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
.proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 304.135 Tue Jan 17 15:26:26 PST 2017
 GCC version: gcc version 4.8.4 (Ubuntu 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.4)
.tmp.unity.support.test.1:

ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Fri Feb 4 15:41:22 2022
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia-304, 304.135, 3.19.0-80-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-304, 304.135, 4.4.0-148-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation G72 [GeForce 7200 GS / 7300 SE] [10de:01d3] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. Device [19da:5001]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-02-04 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-148-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/23/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.0.15
dmi.board.name: 0RN474
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: OEM
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.0.15:bd06/23/2008:svnDellInc.:pnVostro400:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0RN474:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvrOEM:
dmi.product.name: Vostro 400
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.3+14.04.20160425-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-1ubuntu0.14.04.2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A
xserver.bootTime: Fri Feb 4 15:35:35 2022
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.devices:
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7
 input CHESEN PS2 to USB Converter KEYBOARD, id 8
 input CHESEN PS2 to USB Converter KEYBOARD, id 9
xserver.errors: open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:

xserver.version: 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.3~trusty4

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) reached end-of-standard-support on April 25, 2019.

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