nividia and kernel update trashes system, video and sound

[stuart e anderson]

Binary package hint: xorg

I am running Ubuntu 10.10, I recently installed some system upgrades, including a kernel upgrade and an nvidia driver update.
A reboot was required, after reboot I could not boot up, all I got was a black screen.
Using the Ubuntu 10.10 live install CD I was able to get a basic system running. I have had to reinstall 10.10, now my Samsumg SynMaster 2243BW 22inch monitor is not recognised and I am getting incorrect screen resolutions and I have no sound.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-24.42-generic-pae 2.6.35.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-24-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
DRM.card0.HDMI_Type_A.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1680x1050 1280x1024 1280x1024 1280x960 1152x864 1024x768 1024x768 1024x768 832x624 800x600 800x600 800x600 800x600 640x480 640x480 640x480 640x480 720x400
 edid-base64: AP///////wBMLXIDMjJZTQESAQMOLB54KnjxplVImyYSUFS/74CzAIGAgUBxTwEBAQEBAQEBfC6QoGAaHkAwIDYAyygRAAAaAAAA/QA4Sx5RDgAKICAgICAgAAAA/ABTeW5jTWFzdGVyCiAgAAAA/wBITURRMTAwMzQwCiAgAGg=
Date: Fri Dec 31 06:27:30 2010
GdmLog2: Error: command ['gksu', '-D', 'Apport', '--', 'cat', '/var/log/gdm/:0.log.2'] failed with exit code 1: cat: /var/log/gdm/:0.log.2: No such file or directory
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. P35-DS3L
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic-pae root=UUID=f46a8b7d-517b-4ce4-877e-bdd4f24ddce4 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_AU.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
dmi.bios.date: 11/29/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F7
dmi.board.name: P35-DS3L
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF7:bd11/29/2007:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnP35-DS3L:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnP35-DS3L:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: P35-DS3L
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: maverick
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.35-24-generic-pae

[stuart e anderson (stuart-errol-anderson)]

I installed Nvidia driver 173, and a handmade Xorg.conf file, now I have monitor screen resolutions and sound back

attached is the new Xorg.conf file if it can assist anyone else
I'm not brave enough to try latest nvidia drivers

[bugbot (bugbot)]

Hey stuart,

Hi, have you had a chance to test if this bug is still present in natty?

If it does (and if you're the original reporter), please boot into natty
and run the command:

  apport-collect <bug-number>

which will update the bug with fresh logs and tag the bug as affecting
natty. (It is best to run this right after reproducing the problem.)

[stuart e anderson (stuart-errol-anderson)]

I gave up on Nvidia, uninstalled it, reinstalled Ubuntu with nouveau as video driver, its fine.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Since the hardware is no longer available for doing troubleshooting with, we'll have to close the bug for now. However please feel free to reopen if you or anyone else has the same HW and can reproduce this issue using the latest development version of Ubuntu and is willing to do some troubleshooting with it.