NVidiaDriver does not work with 640GT

[Karl Krach]

switching driver is fine, but after reboot the screen resolution is wrong and the window decoration is missing. further more, the dash does not appear.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Sat Oct 20 19:19:15 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 304.43: added
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation GK107 [GeForce GT 640] [10de:0fc0] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:093d]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS 8500
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-17-generic root=UUID=24d80e9b-c834-464e-b27c-39cc883d9d90 ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UnitySupportTest:
 Error: command ['/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', '-p', '-f'] failed with exit code 5: Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
 Error: GLX is not available on the system
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 09/05/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A09
dmi.board.name: 0YJPT1
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA09:bd09/05/2012:svnDellInc.:pnXPS8500:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0YJPT1:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: XPS 8500
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.4-0ubuntu2
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.0-0ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.0-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.99.99~git20120913.8637f772-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.9-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu3

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Karl Krach (bluespirit)]

This bug is caused by bugs #574397 and #1069365.

As you can see in the xorg.conf, the nvidia kernel module cannot be loaded. This is so, because it was simply not build because of missing kernel headers. The wrong screen resulution comes from the fallback. Workaround: install kernel headers and reinstall nvidia-current manually. Reboot.

I will close the bug -> status invalid.