no nvidia hybrid graphic support in ubuntu

[jiri cvrk]

sony vaio z31, graphics GMA X4500MHD/GeForce 9300GS

 switching works not, hdmi works not.

http://global-social.net/tiki-view_b...ntel_xorg.conf .. is quite old, helps not. Nvidia driver is installed but Nvidia X server message: You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run `nvidia-xconfig` as root), and restart the X server. But it is good joke (in clean standard ubuntu instalation), doing this tend to must rescue and recovery xorg.conf , black screen.

 this problem have I three years since 8.04 version. It costs me a lot of days time - ubuntu . This hw has no problems in MS windows. No help from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 173.14.30 Sat Apr 16 21:49:29 PDT 2011
 GCC version: gcc version 4.6.1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.1-9ubuntu3)
.tmp.unity.support.test.1:

ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
Date: Sat Oct 22 14:43:29 2011
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: nvidia-173, 173.14.30, 3.0.0-12-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:9025]
 nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 9300M GS] [10de:06e5] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:9025]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
JockeyStatus:
 xorg:nvidia_173 - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
 xorg:nvidia_173_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
 xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
 xorg:nvidia_current_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
MachineType: Sony Corporation VGN-Z31XN_B
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=cs_CZ.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=6490c252-3fac-4f5a-9b30-e1c571678761 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UnitySupportTest:
 Error: command ['/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', '-p', '-f'] failed with exit code 1: Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
 Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
 Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
 Error: unable to create the OpenGL context
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
XorgConf:
 Section "Device"
  Identifier "Default Device"
  Option "NoLogo" "True"
 EndSection
dmi.bios.date: 11/10/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE
dmi.bios.version: R4044M3
dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.board.name: VAIO
dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDE:bvrR4044M3:bd11/10/2009:svnSonyCorporation:pnVGN-Z31XN_B:pvrJ003M23F:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: VGN-Z31XN_B
dmi.product.version: J003M23F
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu5
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

[Filip Dominec (fdominec)]

NOTE: The topic originally started at the Czech Ubuntu forum (http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fforum.ubuntu.cz%2Findex.php%3Ftopic%3D59286.0%3Btopicseen).

According to some comments, the main reason is a wrong design of the laptop, which does not couple the accelerated graphics to the output port directly.

[jiri cvrk (xaver13)]

there was some solutions for older kernels , older versions of ubuntu

https://launchpad.net/~sony-vaio-z-series

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Matze (mathias-hrn)]

So it is been a while, since the last post here. Has anything going further?

I´m facing the same Problem and would be very happy to use Linux with my Computer.

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is no more supported; please open a new bug report if the actual archive found version also has the same issue.

That issue is now fixed since a while.