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nvidia-graphics-drivers package

system keeps coming saying it needs to enter low graphics mode

Bug #964830 reported by Serge Hallyn on 2012-03-25

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #969489: lightdm tries (and fails) to start too early?. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)	Incomplete	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

But when I switch to a console and say 'start lightdm', I can log into full-res unity 3d just fine.

(I can't interact with the dialog asking me whether I want to reconfigure x, becuase the mouse doesn't work there)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nvidia-current 295.20-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.32-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-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: ""
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Sun Mar 25 17:04:52 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120323)
MachineType: Sony Corporation VPCF11KFX
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-20-generic root=UUID=ab404185-0c14-4e92-9f61-666764289233 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
XorgConf:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Default Device"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection
dmi.bios.date: 12/07/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: R0250Y6
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:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrR0250Y6:bd12/07/2009:svnSonyCorporation:pnVPCF11KFX:pvrR5840006:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: VPCF11KFX
dmi.product.version: R5840006
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu2
version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2

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Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn) wrote on 2012-03-25:

.proc.driver.nvidia.params.txt Edit (455 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
.proc.driver.nvidia.version.txt Edit (147 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootDmesg.txt Edit (62.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootLog.gz Edit (596 bytes, application/x-gzip)
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (2.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (3.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DkmsStatus.txt Edit (127 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgLog.txt Edit (1.1 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (28.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GraphicsCard.txt Edit (140 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JockeyStatus.txt Edit (211 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmLog.txt Edit (2.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (21.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (436 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (6.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (3.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (2.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (131.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (303.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UnitySupportTest.txt Edit (586 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (13.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (29.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (14.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
nvidia-settings.txt Edit (214.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (22.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote on 2012-04-02:

Hi Serge Hallyn,
Hmm... I'm not sure I totally understand your description of the problem. Could you please elaborate and clarify? You may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html or the Ubuntu-X bug reporting guidelines at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Reporting .

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status:	New → Incomplete

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