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[éric <hartmann.eric@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ok,

I've just donwloaded and tested the daily image of Lucid on my ul30vt
I did not find in xorg logs that xorg use the nouveau driver but I
have Compiz and all effects working.
How can I be sure that nouveau driver is used ?

However this is really great news.

-éric

On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 07:06, Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> People have mentioned the latest EDID patches in the kernel and
> nouveau as possible solutions for this nvidia card, while we wait for
> the nvidia linux developers to support it. Has anyone tried nouveau
> using the latest Ubuntu Lucid live CD?
>
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 6:03 AM, Yi-Chen(John) Li <johnyc.li@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I have the same issue (two little white strips on a blank screen) with my
>> ul80vt ubuntustudio 9, it looks like Xorg can only work with 1st graphic
>> card which is intel on PCI:0:2:0, specify busID to PCI:1:0:0 in xorg.conf
>> didn't help.
>> I installed the module to turn off the nv card, but would really like to use
>> nv card for some CUDA work.
>> As far as I know, there are 4 possible solutions:
>>
>> 1. Get Xorg to support two hybrid graphic cards proper
>> 2. Get ASUS to have switchable default graphic card in BIOS (UL50 had some
>> success with this)
>> 3. Get nvidia to investigate the issue
>> 4. Patch Xorg so the detection of default device doesn't get in the way of
>> nvidia init
>>
>> I would like to know what you think might be the issue, and the fix most
>> likely to solve the problem.
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> J
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 8:43 AM, matteo malvezzi <randomas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm not familiar with nvidia's bug reporting system, does it allow for
>>> comments like launchpad or not? If it does we could just post one and all
>>> tag in afterwards.
>>> If not maybe we should decide what to write in the bug report and make a
>>> list of the necessary files to attach.
>>> If this is useful to anyone I used the get-edid and parse-edid commands to
>>> generate appropriate strings for xorg.conf (ul30vt):
>>>   # EDID version 1 revision 3
>>> Section "Monitor"
>>> # Block type: 2:0 3:f
>>> # Block type: 2:0 3:fe
>>> # Block type: 2:0 3:fe
>>> Identifier "AUO:2c10"
>>> VendorName "AUO"
>>> ModelName "AUO:2c10"
>>> # Block type: 2:0 3:f
>>> # Block type: 2:0 3:fe
>>> # Block type: 2:0 3:fe
>>> # DPMS capabilities: Active off:no  Suspend:no  Standby:no
>>> Mode "1366x768" # vfreq 60.016Hz, hfreq 48.193kHz
>>> DotClock 72.000000
>>> HTimings 1366 1414 1446 1494
>>> VTimings 768 771 777 803
>>> Flags "-HSync" "-VSync"
>>> EndMode
>>> # Block type: 2:0 3:f
>>> # Block type: 2:0 3:fe
>>> # Block type: 2:0 3:fe
>>> EndSection
>>>
>>>
>>> > Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 17:55:21 +0000
>>> > From: avilella@xxxxxxxxx
>>> > To: hartmann.eric@xxxxxxxxx
>>> > CC: asus-ul30@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 541d.handra@xxxxxxxxx
>>> > Subject: Re: [Asus-ul30] help me
>>> >
>>> > I would suggest that *everybody* with a UL*0Vt model sends a bug
>>> > report to nvidia. They may not know that there are 66 team members for
>>> > the asus-ul series team, many of which with nvidia cards...
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 5:51 PM, éric <hartmann.eric@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> > > Hi, I have the same issue.
>>> > >
>>> > > Right now I'm using the Intel driver with the deb package that allow
>>> > > to shut down the nvidia card at boot time.
>>> > > I don't know wether or not the Fast Button is working with this
>>> > > package, perhaps not, because the kernel does not seems to trap the
>>> > > event when I test it.
>>> > > Nevertheless, powertop show that the consumption is < 10 Watts, and
>>> > > without the package it's more than 14 Watts.
>>> > >
>>> > > For using the nvidia driver, it seems that there is no solution right
>>> > > now. I cannot find anyone that have the nvidia driver working with
>>> > > Linux, some people with Sony laptop had successfully used the edid
>>> > > workaround to identify the screen.  As I don't have anymore windows 7,
>>> > > I cannot extract it and test (I've try with read-edid, but
>>> > > unsuccessfully).
>>> > >
>>> > > I send a bug report to nvidia as Albert suggested without any response
>>> > > right now.
>>> > >
>>> > > So remove the nvidia driver from your xorg.conf file and you should be
>>> > > able to use Linux but without 3D acceleration (so no compiz).
>>> > >
>>> > > Hope that helps,
>>> > >
>>> > > -éric
>>> > >
>>> > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 18:27, Gary Ritchie <chocolategary@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> > > wrote:
>>> > >> I'm experiencing a similar issue. Seems to boot fine until it reaches
>>> > >> gnome
>>> > >> login, instead two small white lines are displayed at the top of the
>>> > >> black
>>> > >> screen. This is after I successfully logged into my fresh Ubuntu 9.10
>>> > >> install, made some requested updates, and shutdown. I have not had
>>> > >> the
>>> > >> chance to install the .deb from this group.
>>> > >>
>>> > >> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> > >> wrote:
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> I am ccing to the asus launchpad team ml.
>>> > >>>
>>> > >>> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 3:28 PM, handra pramana
>>> > >>> <541d.handra@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> > >>> wrote:
>>> > >>> > hi,
>>> > >>> > i have notebook ASUS UL80Vt , after i installed vga nvidia in
>>> > >>> > ubuntu i
>>> > >>> > have
>>> > >>> > problem because black screen and t try intalled from envyNG but
>>> > >>> > the same
>>> > >>> > problem and then i will try edit /etc/X11/Xorg.conf but still
>>> > >>> > black
>>> > >>> > scren,
>>> > >>> > please help me ,please give me toturial fot install nvidia in
>>> > >>> > ubuntu
>>> > >>> >
>>> > >>>
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