Nvidia Driver + Consolle ttyXX = Problem

[Gnuton]

On my Laptop Sony Vaio Fr-102, nvidia propetary driver don't work properly with vesafb (switched on by kernel parameters vga=791).
After start X the consolle ttyXX is not usable!!
I've try a solution using vesa-ng (gentoo kernel).

PS: The SuSE 10.0 kernel work fine!

[Ben Collins (ben-collins)]

You'll need to be more specific on what "unusable" means. Does the console work up to the point where X starts? Does it not allow you to switch to the console, is the console blank, or is it corrupted?

[Gnuton (antonio-aloisio)]

The consolle work fine before X starts (with 'nvidia.ko' driver)
After X starts, the consolle is corrupted and isn't readable!

On 3/23/06, Ben Collins <email address hidden> wrote:
> Public bug report changed:
> https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/35930
>
> Task: ubuntu linux-meta
> Sourcepackagename: linux-meta => linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15
> Binarypackagename: linux-restricted-modules-2.6-k7 => None
>
> Comment:
> You'll need to be more specific on what "unusable" means. Does the
> console work up to the point where X starts? Does it not allow you to
> switch to the console, is the console blank, or is it corrupted?
>
>

[Deimos (t-ludewig)]

I've a similar problem on my Dell Latitude 800 (Nvidia Go 5200) with the nv driver everything works fine. With the nvidia driver (8756) the virtual terminals are blank. I could switch between the virtual terminals and if i switch back to X i could work on but there is nothing shown on the virtual terminals and also until the shutdown sequence.

[Paolo Borelli (pborelli)]

I used to have blank consoles too with nvdia driver in previous ubuntu versions.

On edgy with nvidia drivers 8774 it all works fine.

[Gnuton (antonio-aloisio)]

Yes, in edgy work fine!

On 10/9/06, Paolo Borelli <email address hidden> wrote:
> I used to have blank consoles too with nvdia driver in previous ubuntu
> versions.
>
> On edgy with nvidia drivers 8774 it all works fine.
>
> --
> Nvidia Driver + Consolle ttyXX = Problem
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/35930
>

[Michael DePaulo (mikedep333)]

I think this problem is occurring again for those of us with HP pavilion TX1000 series (TX1000z, TX1100 series, TX1200 series, and TX1300 series) and probably the TX2000 series laptops/Tablet PCs.

Here is someone else who experienced the problem.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4514822&postcount=697

For me specifically, I have noticed at least two cases. There may be more that are a combination of the two.:
1. switching to the console (tty1 or other ones) after loading X w/ nvidia causes the screen to become a light blue, which changes a little bit. I can then switch back to X and use X again. However, if I try to shutdown, it fails to. I get the corrupt output screen and the shutdown sound repeats.
2. Switching to the console causes X to crash. In the console, there are blue lines going up and down. I can however shutdown the computer, and as it shuts down it still has the lines.

[Michael DePaulo (mikedep333)]

BTW, I'm not sure if I am using vesafb or whatever. I am not using any specific resolutions for the console, just everything set at the default.

[Michael DePaulo (mikedep333)]

I am also noticing this problem whenever the display is turned off, such as by inactivity or by closing the lid. I then have to restart X. This makes it a very serious problem for the casual user.

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

It looks very much like you have a separate problem, since the initial problem was vesafb & nvidia fighting. Please file a separate bug. Marking the l-r-m-2.6.24 task as invalid.

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

fixed in edgy..