Enabling HWE Stack in precise broke my system

[Bib]

Dell D800 Pentium M 1400 - video pci id 0x0286 nv28m nvidia-96 mandatory (broken nouveau)
I ran sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-trusty xserver-xorg-lts-trusty
which began removing nvidia96 and xserver-xorg-core then failed to install the 3.13.0-45 kernel
I had to add forcepae option to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX in /etc/default/grub AND force the pae flag to show in /proc/cpuinfo this way:
~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | sed 's/flags\t*:/& pae/' > /tmp/cpuinfo_pae
~$ sudo mount -o bind /tmp/cpuinfo_pae /proc/cpuinfo
~$ sudo mount -o remount,ro,bind /proc/cpuinfo
so that after sudo update-grub and reboot I could have linux-generic-lts-trusty to install OK.

However nvidia-96 fails to reinstall and the system is just OK for booting in tty lowgraphics mode.
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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.8
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: fab 1792 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'I82801DBICH4'/'Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with STAC9750,51 at irq 7'
   Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9750,51'
   Components : 'AC97a:83847650'
   Controls : 36
   Simple ctrls : 23
CheckboxSubmission: ac665960bd595003e408fa25f6066d31
CheckboxSystem: 331fbefb4b1f6727f4a8261fee7507c9
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=b12f3eba-07e4-492e-b343-32169bd9f005
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 002: ID 04f3:0103 Elan Microelectronics Corp.
MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation Latitude D800
MarkForUpload: True
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux (not installed)
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcFB:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-77-generic root=UUID=53f4ad58-f05f-4972-b816-4105751cba54 ro agp=off
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-77.112-generic 3.2.66
PulseList:
 Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory /home/fab not ours.
 No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-77-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-77-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.79.18
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: yes
  Hard blocked: no
Tags: precise
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-77-generic i686
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

dmi.bios.date: 06/30/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.bios.version: A13
dmi.board.name: 0T1957
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA13:bd06/30/2005:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnLatitudeD800:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorporation:rn0T1957:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude D800
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 1421746

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

[Bib (bybeu)]

Doesnt even after I remove the creds file.
ERROR: connecting to Launchpad failed: [Errno 13] Permission non accordée: '/home/me/.cache/apport/launchpad.credentials'
You can reset the credentials by removing the file "/home/me/.cache/apport/launchpad.credentials"

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Bib, could you please boot into http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ and then run the apport-collect?

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I reached to do it with sudo. The first time I didn't see a small app "web" that poped-under (epiphany)

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Bib, as per the readme for your nvidia card's driver http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/96.43.20/README/appendix-b.html the nvidia 96.x series driver supports xorg up to 1.10. As xorg-server-lts-trusty is using xorg 1.15, it is incompatible with the nvidia driver.

Hence, if you want to continue using the nvidia 96.x series driver, you will have to use the original xorg and kernel stack as outlined in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack .

Otherwise, you will need to use nouveau.

Please feel free to report any future bugs you may find.

[Bib (bybeu)]

This is why I posted this bug, because nouveau doesn't work properly with this nv28m chip and I wasn't warned nvidia-96 was going to be removed when installing HWE Stack. So after heavy sweat I had to go back with a working xorg, although cat /etc/issue still shows 12.04.5 and I went back to 3.2 kernel.