Comment 6 for bug 726638

Hi Wayne--

Currently it's "No Effect". When I bring up my "Administration" =>
"Additional Drivers" dialog it says the nVidia driver is installed and
being used. This is going to sound really strange, but there is no
/etc/X11/xorg.conf file. There is a "save" version that I made when
backing up the config when I was dealing with the "X won't come up"
problem. I removed xorg.conf in hopes it would be re-installed. I
just figured it had been since my desktop is up and running. Here's a
directory listing of /etc/X11:

ethan@rover:X11$ ls -1
app-defaults
cursors
default-display-manager
fonts
rgb.txt
X
xinit
xkb
xorg.conf.save
Xreset
Xreset.d
Xresources
Xsession
Xsession.d
Xsession.options
Xwrapper.config

I didn't even know X would come up without an xorg.conf file!

--Ethan

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 7:34 AM, Wayne Davison <email address hidden> wrote:
> What session are you using when you login?  The Classic Desktop one w/o
> "No Effect"?  Or the Ubuntu Desktop one?  Also, verify that your
> xorg.conf still mentions the nvidia driver.  I have no problem getting
> effects going, I just can't get multiple monitors going.
>
> --
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/726638
>
> Title:
>  Proprietary nVidia driver fails on Lenovo T510 laptop
>
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu:
>  New
>
> Bug description:
>  I attempted to enable the nVidia driver through the
>  "System"=>"Administration"=>"Additional Drivers" panel.  After the
>  "Searching", "Installing" phase it requests a reboot.  Although the
>  Ubuntu boot splash displays, X never comes up, and it dumps you to the
>  console login.  The only way I was able to get X to come up was to
>  remove /etc/X11/xorg.conf and reboot.
>
>  The card info (from lspci) is:
>  01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT218 [NVS 3100M] (rev a2)
>
>  I'm including the Xorg
>  The stderr output from startx is:
>
>  I'm attaching the Xorg log as an attachment due to its size.
>
>  X.Org X Server 1.9.0
>  Release Date: 2010-08-20
>  X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
>  Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-28-server x86_64 Ubuntu
>  Current Operating System: Linux rover 2.6.35-25-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 21 17:40:44 UTC 2011 x86_64
>  Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-25-generic root=UUID=78540c13-6a8a-4346-bad5-3dc9ada0dbf1 ro quiet splash
>  Build Date: 09 January 2011  12:14:27PM
>  xorg-server 2:1.9.0-0ubuntu7.3 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support)
>  Current version of pixman: 0.18.4
>        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
>        to make sure that you have the latest version.
>  Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
>        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
>  (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Feb 28 08:16:41 2011
>  (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
>  (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
>  (EE) No devices detected.
>
>  Fatal server error:
>  no screens found
>
>  Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
>         at http://wiki.x.org
>   for help.
>  Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
>
>   ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log
>  giving up.
>
>  xinit:  No such file or directory (errno 2):  unable to connect to X
>  server
>
>  xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.
>
>
>  The xorg.conf configuration is:
>
>
>  Section "Screen"
>        Identifier      "Default Screen"
>        DefaultDepth    24
>  EndSection
>
>  Section "Module"
>        Load    "glx"
>  EndSection
>
>  Section "Device"
>        Identifier      "Default Device"
>        Driver  "nvidia"
>        Option  "NoLogo"        "True"
>  EndSection
>
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