Nvidia C67 GeForce 7000M / nForce 610M artifacts

[Lex Ross]

Starting Ubuntu 18.04 LTS the only available option for Nvidia GeForce 7000M/nForce 610M is nouveau driver. "ubuntu-drivers list" returns an empty string.

The nouveau driver however does not work. While DRM freezes of Ubuntu 18.04 seem to be fixed, the 3D graphics is still slow and, there are multiple video artifacts in the background.

Either proper Nvidia proprietary driver should be provided for this card, or nouveau driver is fixed. This bug affects 20.04 LTS and later Ubuntu releases as well as 22.04 LTS.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.17-1build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-18.18-generic 5.15.12
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu76
Architecture: amd64
BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.465
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Feb 4 05:43:32 2022
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: jammy
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation C67 [GeForce 7000M / nForce 610M] [10de:0533] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. C67 [GeForce 7000M / nForce 610M] [1043:1692]
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Alpha amd64 (20220202)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. F5N
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/08/2008
dmi.bios.release: 8.14
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 213
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: F5N
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr213:bd04/08/2008:br8.14:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnF5N:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnF5N:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr:skuToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.family: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: F5N
dmi.product.sku: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.109-2ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 21.2.2-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx N/A
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.14-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-2build1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20200714-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.17-1build1