Occasionally boots into "low graphics mode"
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xorg (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
When I restart sometimes my machine boots into "low graphics mode". Usually after a couple of restarts the problem fixes itself and everything is A-ok unless I restart (it MAY take several restarts to trigger problem). My specs are:
Acer M1640
-1.8GHZ Intel Dual Core
-4GB of Crucial ram
-Nvidia 7050 Onboard Graphics
-250GB HD (Ubuntu)
-160GB HD (80GB X2 Raid 0/1) (Windows 7)
The screens read as follows:
"Ubuntu is running in low-graphics mode
The following error was encountered. You may need to update your configuration to solve this.
(EE) Apr 13 16:26:54 NVIDIA (0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the
(EE) Apr 13 16:26:54 NVIDIA (0): system's kernel log for additional error messages and
(EE) Apr 13 16:26:54 NVIDIA (0) Consult the NVIDIA README for details.
(EE) NVIDIA (0): ***Aborting***
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a visible configuration."
The screen that follows the aforementioned one reads:
"What would you like to do?
-Run Ubuntu in low-graphics mode just for one session
-Reconfigure graphics
-Troubleshoot the error
-Exit to console login
-Restart X"
Other users have had this problem as well: http://
This maybe a potential show-stopper for some NVIDIA users as restarting frequently can be frustrating.
I have the same problem, with a different error message sometimes:
Failed to allocate primary surface: out of memory
I've tested the mainline daily current 2.6.24-999 kernel as suggested in bug 521260 https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ linux/+ bug/521260 , but nvidia-current won't build on it.
As a temporary workaround, I have the nvidia-current driver mostly working and booting without error, but I've had to change the grub gfxpayload to 640x480. X works properly, but my VTs look terrible now (and I spend a lot of time in VT). (Found this in post #4 by mrowth in the forum thread above)
I'm marking this as confirmed.