No graphic mode on Nvidia GeForce 6100 using Intrepid LiveCD

[Alejandro Zaro]

Hi
 I am try to boot Intrepid LiveCD on computer with onboard Nvidia GeForce 6100 and it's difficult get to graphic mode.
 Then I start normally or in safe mode I can see a screen divided in 2 parts: upper part is black there I sometime see a mouse cursor and down all in red color.

 But If I go to the safe mode during the boot and after that press "CTRL" "ALT" "- " and after that "CTRL" "ALT" "+ " I see normal screen.

Here is ID of VGA onboard card:
00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 6100 nForce 430 (rev a2)
00:0d.0 0300: 10de:03d0 (rev a2)

On Ubuntu 8.04 is working just fine before and after installing Nvidia proprietary drivers.

[Alejandro Zaro (grapequade)]

I tried Intrepid alpha 6 Desktop Live CD.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please add your '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' file and your '/var/log/Xorg.0.log' file, when running the Live CD, as attachments to your bug report? Thanks in advance.

I'm also removing the regression-potential tag since the Live CD would use the nv driver and not the nvidia proprietary driver, so there is no clear indication that this is a regression from Hardy to Intrepid.

[Mark Schouten (mark-prevented)]

I'm not using the Live CD, but upgraded from Hardy to Intrepid. I cannot use any resolution > 800x600. The proprietary driver does not work:

 (EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver not found)

so the nv-driver is used. X does not recognize my monitor and display comes up with 800x600. I cannot alter my settings anymore (someone thought it would be wise to delete displayconfig-gtk), so I'm kinda stuck.

Please see the attachments (xorg.conf, xorg.0.log) for more info.

[Mark Schouten (mark-prevented)]

I just found out that using the VESA driver, Xorg is able to show 1280x1024 without issues.

Seems like a nv issue. Would be nice if this could be fixed before release. If more input or debugging is needed, please contact me!

[Mark Schouten (mark-prevented)]

mark@sandra:/tmp$ lspci -nn | grep VGA
00:05.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation C51G [GeForce 6100] [10de:0242] (rev a2)

mark@sandra:/tmp$ sudo ddcprobe
[sudo] password for mark:
vbe: VESA 3.0 detected.
oem: NVIDIA
vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
product: Crush50 Board - c51g Chip Rev
memory: 65536kb
mode: 640x400x256
mode: 640x480x256
mode: 800x600x16
mode: 800x600x256
mode: 1024x768x16
mode: 1024x768x256
mode: 1280x1024x16
mode: 1280x1024x256
mode: 320x200x64k
mode: 320x200x16m
mode: 640x480x64k
mode: 640x480x16m
mode: 800x600x64k
mode: 800x600x16m
mode: 1024x768x64k
mode: 1024x768x16m
mode: 1280x1024x64k
mode: 1280x1024x16m
edid:
edid: 1 3
id: ad18
eisa: ACRad18
serial: 42200775
manufacture: 22 2003
input: sync on green, analog signal.
screensize: 34 27
gamma: 2.200000
dpms: RGB, active off, suspend, standby
timing: 720x400@70 Hz (VGA 640x400, IBM)
timing: 720x400@88 Hz (XGA2)
timing: 640x480@60 Hz (VGA)
timing: 640x480@67 Hz (Mac II, Apple)
timing: 640x480@72 Hz (VESA)
timing: 640x480@75 Hz (VESA)
timing: 800x600@60 Hz (VESA)
timing: 800x600@72 Hz (VESA)
timing: 800x600@75 Hz (VESA)
timing: 832x624@75 Hz (Mac II)
timing: 1024x768@87 Hz Interlaced (8514A)
timing: 1024x768@70 Hz (VESA)
timing: 1024x768@75 Hz (VESA)
timing: 1280x1024@75 (VESA)
ctiming: 1280x1024@60
ctiming: 1152x864@75
dtiming: 1280x1024@70
monitorserial: ETL1809001
monitorname: Acer AL1714
monitorrange: 30-82, 50-75

(This is using the VESA driver)
mark@sandra:/tmp$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1024
default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1280x1024 0.0*
   1024x768 0.0
   800x600 0.0
   640x480 0.0

[Alejandro Zaro (grapequade)]

After installing Kubuntu 8.10 on hard disk with default driver I had no such problem, so this bug affect on my computer only Live CD/DVD.
Now is working fine on Ubuntu 8.10 after installing Nvidia proprietary drivers.

[Mark Schouten (mark-prevented)]

I reinstalled my computer using the final Intrepid CD. The nv-driver still only gave me 800x600. Installing the proprietary drivers did start X, however only the top two pixel-rows were used. The rest of the screen was black.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

The fix for bug 385658 redoes how card detection works with -nv and may solve this bug. Please test Karmic-beta or newer and let us know whether it resolves the original issue.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.