nouveau driver loads only to unity-2d

[Sayantan Das]

I have nouveau driver installed for a legacy driver NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4600] on ubuntu 12.04.

The system loads up the nouveau driver but logs into unity 2d only. I cannot get compiz working on it.

The Xorg log is added below.

UPDATE: If KDE is installed, all Kwin graphics work just fine. And Gnome shell works as well.

[Sayantan Das (sayantan13)]

[ 34.126]
X.Org X Server 1.11.3
Release Date: 2011-12-16
[ 34.126] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 34.126] Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-29-server i686 Ubuntu
[ 34.126] Current Operating System: Linux sony-desktop 3.2.0-17-generic #27-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 24 15:38:36 UTC 2012 i686
[ 34.126] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-17-generic root=UUID=9e33480b-0c46-4bc0-884d-02fb5e678caf ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
[ 34.126] Build Date: 22 February 2012 03:13:47AM
[ 34.126] xorg-server 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu4 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support)
[ 34.127] Current version of pixman: 0.24.4
[ 34.127] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
 to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 34.127] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
 (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
 (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 34.127] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Feb 26 10:21:55 2012
[ 34.146] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[ 34.146] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 34.147] (==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured"
[ 34.147] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[ 34.147] (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[ 34.156] (**) | |-->Device "Card0"
[ 34.156] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[ 34.156] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[ 34.156] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 34.156] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 34.156] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[ 34.156] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 34.163] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[ 34.163] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 34.163] (**) FontPath set to:
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
 /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
 built-ins,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
 /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
 /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
 built-ins
[ 34.163] (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 34.163] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[ 34.163] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[ 34.163] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[ 34.163] (II) Loader magic: 0x9465a0
[ 34.163] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 34.163] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 34.163] X.Org Video Driver: 11.0
[ 34.163] X.Org XInput driver : 16.0
[ 34.163] X.Org Server Extension : 6.0
[ 34.165] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:0250:1043:a00e rev 163, Mem @ 0xe7000000/16777216, 0xf0000000/134217728, 0xef800000/524288, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[ 34.176] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
[ 34.176] (II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
[ 34.176] (II) "dbe" will...

[Sayantan Das (sayantan13)]

Any update on this bug report?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Sayantan Das, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p xserver-xorg-video-nouveau REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER

Please note, given that the information from the prior release is already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one would not be helpful.

Thank you for your understanding.

Helpful bug reporting tips:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs

[Sayantan Das (sayantan13)]

Hi Christopher,

I do not have the same desktop any more so I will not be able to test it
out.
Currently I use Ubuntu 13.10 and it works just fine

Regards,

*Sayantan Das*

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On 9 January 2014 08:45, Christopher M. Penalver <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Sayantan Das, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been
> any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an
> issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development
> release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .
>
> If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in
> the development release from a Terminal
> (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather
> and attach updated debug information to this report:
>
> apport-collect -p xserver-xorg-video-nouveau REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER
>
> Please note, given that the information from the prior release is
> already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one
> would not be helpful.
>
> Thank you for your understanding.
>
> Helpful bug reporting tips:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941511
>
> Title:
> nouveau driver loads only to unity-2d
>
> Status in “xserver-xorg-video-nouveau” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> I have nouveau driver installed for a legacy driver NV25 [GeForce4 Ti
> 4600] on ubuntu 12.04.
>
> The system loads up the nouveau driver but logs into unity 2d only. I
> cannot get compiz working on it.
>
> The Xorg log is added below.
>
> UPDATE: If KDE is installed, all Kwin graphics work just fine. And
> Gnome shell works as well.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/941511/+subscriptions
>

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Sayantan Das, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+bug/941511/comments/5 regarding you no longer have the hardware. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.