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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22 package

Should fallback to nv if nvidia is not available

Bug #268389 reported by Noel J. Bergman
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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

As discussed in http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=188392 and elsewhere, we should fallback to the open source nv driver if nvidia is not available, rather than the vesa driver in low resolution.

This ought not be a major chore, given that Fedora 9 already exhibits this behavior (see /etc/init.d/nvidia on a Fedora 9 install). It does not require a change to Xorg; we just detect in the init script whether or not we have an nvidia driver that loads with the current kernel, and if not, we modify xorg.conf to use nv.

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

Hi noel-devtech,

Please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn`, and attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file from after reproducing this issue. If you've made any customizations to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf please attach that as well.

Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22:
status: New → Incomplete
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Noel J. Bergman (noeljb) wrote :

Bryce,

Will do, but it may be a bit before I can post.

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Noel J. Bergman (noeljb) wrote :

Bryce, let's let this close if you want.

The request wasn't entirely version specific, but was reported against Gutsy, which I don't have installed anymore. I did have this reoccur with Hardy after a kernel upgrade, but the nvidia drivers for Hardy are so old that rather than fix it with the Hardy packages, I decided to manage the driver install manually for now. In retrospect, I should have captured the debugging information for you first -- sorry. Intrepid and Jaunty use an improved approach, and I'm not seeing the problem with them.

So the good news is that handling of drivers has improved over the releases, making this wishlist item perhaps unnecessary.

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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

Closing then. I'm glad it all worked out for you in the end.

Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22 (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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