Drivers don't work with Nvidia 8600MGT on Dell Laptop with Ubuntu 8.04 hardy heron
Bug #230612 reported by
Jdban
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Envy |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
linux-restricted-modules-envy-2.6.24 (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I install the drivers on my Dell Inspiron 1520 Laptop with an Nvidia 8600m GT, and when I reboot, the screen obviously is not working. Its a gray screen, but after about 5 minutes, a vertical black bar appears about midscreen, and everything else goes white. I do however hear sounds, so Ubuntu is indeed running. This is with Hardy Heron (8.04)
Once I uninstalled the driver again, I was able to boot and see everything successfully.
tags: | added: hardy |
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Dear jdban,
I am having the same problem with the Nvidia Driver. I also have a Dell Laptop (Vostro 1500) with Nvidia 8600m GT. When I try to enable the restricted driver, I get a blank screen with some lines and a wide bar in the middle. Obviously the same issue here.
I tried working around the Hardware Drivers application with EnvyNg but it it doesn't appear in the applications/system tools window.
I've about done everything to figure out the problem