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       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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Title:
  graphics card confuses ubuntu must install in safe grapics mode

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  i am running a MSI K9VGM-v mainboard with a 2gigs of ddr2 a 500gb sata
  hard drive and a BFG nvidia Geforce 7800 GT OC card lspci reports it
  as (02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce
  7800 GT] (rev a1)

  the mainboards bios version is 1.4

  apon starting the computer from live cd, all seems well the computer
  seems to be doing fine, untill the gui boots, then it freezes up solid
  as a rock.

  dmesg gives this error ( [  132.493034] +------ PCI-Express Device Error ------+
  [  132.493036] Error Severity		: Uncorrected (Non-Fatal)
  [  132.493039] PCIE Bus Error type	: Transaction Layer
  [  132.493042] Flow Control Protocol 	: First
  [  132.493044] Receiver ID		: 0010
  [  132.493047] VendorID=1106h, DeviceID=a238h, Bus=00h, Device=02h, Function=00h
  [  132.493051] pcieport-driver 0000:00:02.0: broadcast error_detected message
  [  132.493055] pcieport-driver 0000:00:02.0: broadcast mmio_enabled message
  [  132.493059] pcieport-driver 0000:00:02.0: broadcast resume message
  [  132.493078] pcieport-driver 0000:00:02.0: AER driver successfully recovered
  [  133.909863] firmware: requesting rt2561s.bin
  [  134.499616] NET: Registered protocol family 17 )

  basically what happens from what i can tell (im no software or code
  guru) is ubuntu trys to boot the onboard card, which has no hardware
  jumper only a bios software switch, to turn it to the pci X card, and
  ubuntu gets confused about this, so it locks up. it seems to be
  working better than the previous version of ubuntu which to install it
  correctly, i had to remove the onboard card, find a vga cable plug it
  into my monitor and boot the computer, install ubuntu, then shut the
  computer back down, install the card, hook up the DVI cable and then
  start the computer again.

  this is rather inconvienent, i have been told it's everything from a
  bad bios update, to falty hardware, if there is any suggestions i
  would greatly appricate them, i would rather not have to buy a new
  mainboard.

  also when running envyng-gtk the ubuntu restricted drivers app shows
  up in the tray icon telling me there are restricted drivers availible,
  it gives me about 3 or 4 drivers to choose from even though i have run
  Envyng-gtk to get the proper graphics drivers for my computer.

  if any other information is needed please contact me at

  Elphias (at) Gmail.com.

  thank you for your time and all your wonderfull and excruceatingly
  hard work.

  Elphias.

  version of ubuntu 8.10
  release 8.10

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