[Dell Vostro 260] nvidia-experimental-310 does not support Nvidia GeForce GT 520

[kaxing]

cid: 201201-10399

Tried both nvidia-experimental-310 and nvidia-experimental-304, suggested from jockey.
The graphic card is not working after driver installed.

Check with /usr/share/doc/nvidia-experimental-310/README.txt.gz , GT 520 is actually listed

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nvidia-experimental-310 310.14-0ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-36.57-generic 3.2.35
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-36-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jan 23 02:56:54 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-experimental-310
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
---
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices:
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: ubuntu 1563 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 1563 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'PCH'/'HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7910000 irq 45'
   Mixer name : 'Intel PantherPoint HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:14f150a1,10280582,00100100 HDA:80862806,10280582,00100000'
   Controls : 31
   Simple ctrls : 13
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xf7080000 irq 17'
   Mixer name : 'Nvidia GPU 1c HDMI/DP'
   Components : 'HDA:10de001c,10de0915,00100100'
   Controls : 12
   Simple ctrls : 2
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=e5513915-06ce-4c55-9e26-6383b78268bb
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro 270
MarkForUpload: True
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-36-generic root=UUID=1ccb7a30-d642-4f7c-a510-3ada791fd2ed ro quiet splash initcall_debug vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-36.57-generic 3.2.35
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-36-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-36-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.79.1
RfKill:
 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
  Soft blocked: no
  Hard blocked: no
Tags: precise running-unity
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-36-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 07/24/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: X26
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrX26:bd07/24/2012:svnDellInc.:pnVostro270:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Vostro 270
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

[kaxing (kaxing)]

apport information

[Anthony Wong (anthonywong)]

@Kaxing
Need to know what nvidia packages you have on your system, please run 'dpkg -l nvidia\*' and attach the result here.

Besides, does jockey suggest 304.64-0ubuntu0.2? This one should already have support for GT 520.

[Jeff Lane  (bladernr)]

Removed the blocker tag. The nVidia card works fine using nouveau on all three ports (VGA, HDMI, DVI)

[Jeff Lane  (bladernr)]

adding the blocker again because of this with nouvea:
ubuntu@201201-10399:~$ /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -c -p
OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x301)
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 9.0

Not software rendered: no
Not blacklisted: yes
GLX fbconfig: yes
GLX texture from pixmap: yes
GL npot or rect textures: yes

Compiz supported: no

and the fact that jockey offers NOTHING for this card:
ubuntu@201201-10399:~$ jockey-text list
Additional Drivers
Searching for available drivers...
ubuntu@201201-10399:~$ lspci |grep -i vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce GT 520] (rev a1)
ubuntu@201201-10399:~$

[Jeff Lane  (bladernr)]

After trying (manually installed nvidia-experimental-310 because jockey offers nothing on this system with this card), I get no desktop.

Jockey does not offer any drivers for this card. With Nouveau, compiz and software rendering are not supported:
ubuntu@201201-10399:~$ /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -c -p
OpenGL vendor string: VMware, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x301)
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 9.0

Not software rendered: no
Not blacklisted: yes
GLX fbconfig: yes
GLX texture from pixmap: yes
GL npot or rect textures: yes

Compiz supported: no

And we're running this nouveau driver.
ubuntu@201201-10399:~$ /usr/share/checkbox/scripts/graphics_driver
------------- VIDEO DRIVER INFORMATION -------------
Video Driver: nouveau
Driver Version: 1.0.2

------------- HYBRID GRAPHICS CHECK ----------------
Graphics Chipset: NVIDIA (10de:1040)
Loaded DDX Drivers: nouveau, intel, vesa, modesetting, fbdev
Hybrid Graphics: no

[AG Restringere (ag-restringere-deactivatedaccount)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, according to this report, you are not using the most recent version of this package for your Ubuntu release. Please upgrade to the most recent version and let us know if you are still having this issue. Thanks in advance.

Please use the "additional drivers" tool and select the 'nvidia-313' driver and retest the problem and see if that solves it.

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

nvidia-graphics-drivers-experimental-310 is removed since precise, closing it's bugs