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** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: xorg
  
- I am testing Natty 20110328 Live Desktop CD for amd64, as part of the Xorg-prop-drivers-testers group.
- My notebook is a Sony Vaio VPC Z119GC (Intel Core i7-620M CPU and 4 gigabytes of RAM).  The hardware switch above the keyboard on my machine has 2 settings ‘speed’ and ‘stamina’
- * When set to ‘Speed’, the machine uses the NVidia GeForce® GT 330M GPU).  I always leave it on the Speed setting.
- * When set to ‘Stamina’, the machine uses the motherboard’s Intel chipset for graphics.
- NVidia proprietary drivers have never installed and run properly on Sony Vaio VPC Z series models when using standard installation procedures (either Desktop Live CD, Alternate CD, 32 bit or 64 bit installers).   I have tried and failed to install NVidia proprietary drivers for Karmic, Lucid, Maverick and now Natty.  The best you get is a relatively unresponsive blank screen.  You never get in to the GUI.  The problem likely occurs on all Sonys with model numbers starting in Z11 and Z13 and possibly more, making this a problem that applies to tens of thousands of notebooks. 
+ I'm testing the NVidia Proprietary Driver on the Natty 20110328 daily Live Desktop amd64 CD for the Xorg team.
+ My Sony Vaio VPC Z119GC has a NVidia GeForce GT 330M.
+ 
+ I've tried many times to install Ubuntu and an NVidia proprietary driver
+ since I got my Vaio a year ago (on Karmic, Lucid, Maverick and now
+ Natty).  The best I ever get is a blank screen (no GUI). The default
+ vesa driver now works on Natty, which is a big improvement on previous
+ distos, which were completely unuseable.  I've read that other Sony
+ Vaios with model numbers starting in Z11 and Z13 have the same problem.
  
  The following is the list of results I get when I try to go through the
  steps in the "Installation" mandatory testcase for "Nvidia Proprietary
  Drivers" using Natty Daily Live CD 20110328:
  
  1. Boot stock system on compatible video hardware, using the appropriate open source driver (or -vesa). By default, Ubuntu boots with the open source driver.
  RESULT: No problems.
  
  2. Note the contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf (or simply note absence of the file)
  RESULT: The file is absent.
  
  3. Go to System : Administration : Hardware Drivers
  
  4. Verify that it correctly identifies that a video driver is available for this hardware
  RESULT: The system nominates "NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (version -current)" (as is expected/normal)
  
  5. Install the recommended driver.
  RESULT: No problem.
  
  6. Verify that a *.ko file is installed properly for the correct kernel(s)
  find  /lib/modules/ -type f -ls -iname '*.ko' | grep -E "/nvidia-current.ko|/nvidia-173.ko|/nvidia-96.ko|/fglrx.ko"
- Check that the timestamp of the file is correct. 
+ Check that the timestamp of the file is correct.
  RESULT: 133605 13248 -rw-r--r--   1 root 	root 	13562440 Apr  2 21:31 /lib/modules/2.6.38-7-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia-current.ko
  
- 7. Note new contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf. It should list the name of the proprietary driver as a minimum.  
+ 7. Note new contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf. It should list the name of the proprietary driver as a minimum.
  RESULTING CONTENTS OF xorg.conf:
  
  Section "Screen"
-     Identifier    "Default Screen"
-     DefaultDepth    24
+     Identifier    "Default Screen"
+     DefaultDepth    24
  EndSection
  
  Section "Module"
-     Load    "glx"
+     Load    "glx"
  EndSection
  
  Section "Device"
-     Identifier    "Default Device"
-     Driver    "nvidia"
-     Option    "NoLogo"    "True"
+     Identifier    "Default Device"
+     Driver    "nvidia"
+     Option    "NoLogo"    "True"
  EndSection
  
  8. Reboot
  
  9. Verify the GUI display comes up
  RESULT: FAILURE
  After Grub, there is a blank screen.  This stays indefinitely.  There is no Ubuntu splash screen.  I have left it for half an hour or more and it just stays blank.
  
  After a long time, I tried pressing some keys, and got garbled text output in the very top left corner of the screen:
  e.g.  "^[[B ^[[C"
  I can type letters but typing commands or trying to login does not work.
  I then pressed Ctrl-Alt-F2, and was able to login as a user to the tty terminal
  
  10. Verify the proprietary driver loaded
-  grep -E "LoadModule:.*\"nvidia|fglrx\"" /var/log/Xorg.0.log 
+  grep -E "LoadModule:.*\"nvidia|fglrx\"" /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  RESULT: [    5.899] (II) LoadModule: “nvidia”
  So, it appears that the nvidia driver did in fact load.
  
  After this, I typed:
- ls -al /var/crash 
+ ls -al /var/crash
  This showed an empty directory, i.e. no apport or crash files are there.
  I then typed:
  apport-cli xorg
  so that I could submit this bug accompanied by an apport file.
  I answered Yes to allow gdm log files to be included.
  I also got this output from the apport-cli command:
  cat: /var/log/gdm/:0.log.2: No such file or directory
  
  I can get the NVidia proprietary driver to work on Natty (20110328)  if I install the following custom hacked kernels and boot from this:
  * linux-headers-2.6.28.10-vaioz_2.6.28.10-vaioz-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb
  * linux-image-2.6.28.10-vaioz_2.6.28.10-vaioz-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb
  You can read about this procedure and download the hacked kernels from:
  * http://www.adhocism.net/2010/11/installing-ubuntu-10-10-on-sony-vaio-vpc-z13m9eb/
  * http://www.voip-x.co.uk/files/adam/IMPORTANT_README
  However this is a dirty hack, not a real fix.  Please Ubuntu devs, help all those Sony Vaio users get Ubuntu (legitimately) in Natty. :)
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.6~3ubuntu11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
  .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
  .proc.driver.nvidia.version:
-  NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  270.30  Fri Feb 25 14:34:55 PST 2011
-  GCC version:  gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-7ubuntu1)
+  NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  270.30  Fri Feb 25 14:34:55 PST 2011
+  GCC version:  gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-7ubuntu1)
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
  DRM.card0.DP.1:
-  status: disconnected
-  enabled: disabled
-  dpms: On
-  modes: 
-  edid-base64:
+  status: disconnected
+  enabled: disabled
+  dpms: On
+  modes:
+  edid-base64:
  DRM.card0.DP.2:
-  status: disconnected
-  enabled: disabled
-  dpms: On
-  modes: 
-  edid-base64:
+  status: disconnected
+  enabled: disabled
+  dpms: On
+  modes:
+  edid-base64:
  DRM.card0.HDMI.A.1:
-  status: disconnected
-  enabled: disabled
-  dpms: On
-  modes: 
-  edid-base64:
+  status: disconnected
+  enabled: disabled
+  dpms: On
+  modes:
+  edid-base64:
  DRM.card0.HDMI.A.2:
-  status: disconnected
-  enabled: disabled
-  dpms: On
-  modes: 
-  edid-base64:
+  status: disconnected
+  enabled: disabled
+  dpms: On
+  modes:
+  edid-base64:
  DRM.card0.HDMI.A.3:
-  status: disconnected
-  enabled: disabled
-  dpms: On
-  modes: 
-  edid-base64:
+  status: disconnected
+  enabled: disabled
+  dpms: On
+  modes:
+  edid-base64:
  DRM.card0.VGA.1:
-  status: disconnected
-  enabled: disabled
-  dpms: On
-  modes: 
-  edid-base64:
+  status: disconnected
+  enabled: disabled
+  dpms: On
+  modes:
+  edid-base64:
  DRM.card0.eDP.1:
-  status: connected
-  enabled: enabled
-  dpms: On
-  modes: 1600x900
-  edid-base64:
+  status: connected
+  enabled: enabled
+  dpms: On
+  modes: 1600x900
+  edid-base64:
  Date: Sat Apr  2 22:28:12 2011
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: natty
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 270.30, 2.6.38-7-generic, x86_64: installed
  GdmLog2:
-  
+ 
  GraphicsCard:
-  Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
-    Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:905a]
-  nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 330M] [10de:0a2b] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
-    Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:905a]
+  Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046] (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
+    Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:905a]
+  nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 330M] [10de:0a2b] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
+    Subsystem: Sony Corporation Device [104d:905a]
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110328.1)
  JockeyStatus: xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)
  MachineType: Sony Corporation VPCZ119GS
  ProcEnviron:
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-7-generic root=UUID=bedfb76a-dd10-47d6-a1cb-e1931085a16b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  Renderer: Unknown
  SourcePackage: xorg
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 07/30/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: INSYDE
  dmi.bios.version: R3030C3
  dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A
  dmi.board.name: VAIO
  dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation
  dmi.board.version: N/A
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnINSYDE:bvrR3030C3:bd07/30/2010:svnSonyCorporation:pnVPCZ119GS:pvrA222GMUK:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.name: VPCZ119GS
  dmi.product.version: A222GMUK
  dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4git20110322-0ubuntu5
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu5
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.1-0ubuntu3
  version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
  version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6~3ubuntu11
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu4
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu6

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Title:
  Blank screen (no GUI) after installation of NVidia proprietary driver
  on Sony Vaio Z119GS