Nvidia-driver on 64bit Ubuntu 12.10 fails to show Unity-desktop.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) |
Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
hello,
I have made two (2) separate installations of 64bit Ubuntu 12.10 on this laptop. The installation completes correctly and the Nouveau-driver works pretty well and shows correct Unity-desktop. But if I activate the NVIDIA-driver, the desktop displays only a low-resolution wallpaper, without Unity-desktop or icons. The desktop is missing. I have tried both the stable NVIDIA and the experimental driver. Both fails. I have activated the driver via [Additional Drivers] page on software-
This laptop is: Toshiba Satellite L755.
$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-current-dev nvidia-settings
Installed packages:
$ dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia
ii nvidia-current 304.51.
ii nvidia-current-dev 304.51.
ii nvidia-settings 304.51-0ubuntu2 amd64 Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
This laptop has Nvidia GeForce graphics driver (lspci -v):
$ lspci -v
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0dec (rev a1)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 0dec (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device fc50
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: Memory at c2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Region 1: Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Region 3: Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
Region 5: I/O ports at 3000 [size=128]
Expansion ROM at c3080000 [disabled] [size=512K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidiafb
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Also the Unity-desktop and eg. LibreOffice text has artifacts (white painted areas and stripes) on the display under the default Nouveau-driver.
Please help!
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: nvidia-current 304.51.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Tue Oct 23 15:51:23 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 304.43: added
GraphicsCard:
NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:0dec] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:fc50]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MachineType: TOSHIBA SATELLITE L755
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: nvidia-
UnitySupportTest:
Error: command ['/usr/
Error: GLX is not available on the system
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 10/31/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE
dmi.bios.version: 2.80
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: Base Board Product Name
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.board.version: Base Board Version
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: OEM Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDE:
dmi.product.name: SATELLITE L755
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA
modified.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.4-0ubuntu3
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.39-0ubuntu1
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moma (osmoma) wrote : | #1 |
moma (osmoma) wrote : | #2 |
moma (osmoma) wrote : | #3 |
moma (osmoma) wrote : | #4 |
Insytallation-log of:
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-current-dev nvidia-settings
moma (osmoma) wrote : | #5 |
RaduStoica (radumstoica) wrote : | #6 |
Hi,
This looks similar to bug #1070427. According to that report, installing linux-headers-
Maybe you could try to do this.
moma (osmoma) wrote : | #7 |
Hi and thank you very much.
Your advice worked well and the Nvidia's driver now flashes its logo and the Unity-desktop performs well too.
I did:
$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-
$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-current nvidia-current-dev nvidia-settings
$ sudo reboot
(The nvidia-current-dev package is my own idea...it's not really needed. ok?)
$ dpkg -l | egrep "headers-
ii linux-headers-
ii nvidia-current 304.51.
ii nvidia-current-dev 304.51.
ii nvidia-settings 304.51-0ubuntu2 amd64 Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
Installation log attached.
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : | #8 |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
moma (osmoma) wrote : | #9 |
In reference to bug #1070427.
I had no internet-connection (either wifi or cabel) during the installation.
I can make a new test of the entire installment if required. Just ask ;-)
RaduStoica (radumstoica) wrote : | #10 |
Glad to hear it helped. I'll mark this as a duplicate of #1070427 then.
no longer affects: | nvidia-drivers-ubuntu |
tom-erik paulsen (tom-erik) wrote : | #11 |
Tanks moma. That worked for me.
Graham Poulter (grahampo) wrote : | #12 |
Installing linux-headers-
sterpauno (sterpauno) wrote : | #13 |
Thanks Moma, your tip wrote on 2012-10-23 solved my problem with nvidia drivers on my Qosmio g50 !
Terminal-window activated via Cntr + Alt + T.