Virtual Consol (TTY1-6) cannot be seen when accessed

[Chris]

Binary package hint: xorg

I am currently running Ubuntu 64-bit 10.04 Lucid. To change the login looks, one must enter the Virtual Console by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1. When any of the ttys other than tty7 are tried to be accessed, all that appears are Colorful Squares where the text should be. The boot screen will also not appear properly, as it is extremely distorted. I was told this was a video driver issue to be fixed in the final release i am running, however on a Nvidia GeForce 6150LE (6150) intergrated motherboard, this is an issue

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat May 8 22:44:58 2010
DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-22-generic, x86_64: installed
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0781:74c2 SanDisk Corp.
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic root=UUID=b0c9fe22-476b-48a6-b192-be54e1e25ae2 ro vga=769 quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
dmi.bios.date: 10/29/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 080015
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M61PMP/M61PMP-K
dmi.board.vendor: FOXCONN
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080015:bd10/29/2009:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnFOXCONN:rnM61PMP/M61PMP-K:rvr1.0:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: x86_64
 kernel: 2.6.32-22-generic

[gene (eugenios)]

same here on nVidia C77 [GeForce 8200 G] (rev a2)
The question is: are we talking about nouveau FOSS driver? There is still some nVidia tools left on this laptop and I got xserver-xorg-video-nouveau installed too.

[gene (eugenios)]

Still not sure: with "glxinfo -v "I get

OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 8200M G/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 3.2.0 NVIDIA 195.36.24
Plus I have 3D effects enabled.

Ok, this finally makes sense. I do have proprietary nvidia driver contrary to the reporter in the Xorg.0.log
the reporter's:
 (II) Loading extension NV-GLX
mine :
(II) NVIDIA GLX Module 195.36.24 Thu Apr 22 19:52:00 PDT 2010
So, Do I have to file another bug report?

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

I'm not sure why this was assigned to nouveau; both reports seem to be using the nvidia binary drivers.

You might find that this works better if you don't set “vga=…” on the kernel prompt.

[gene (eugenios)]

Thanks, Chris. Your fix works perfect!
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[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is no more supported; please open a new bug report if the actual archive found version also has the same issue.