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[John Navitsky <653714@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

I have a Dell D800 laptop with high resolution screen (1920x1200) that
was working fine with Ubuntu 10.04.  I performed a fresh install of
Ubuntu 10.10 which appears to use the nouveau driver.  The screen now
displays garbage, more pronounced on icons, where text seems to render
fairly well.

I've attached a picture of the screen to illustrate.

While I've tried to intall the Nvidia drivers, this problem manifested
from the initial install of the 10.10 alternate RC disc, and remains
present with all packages updated as of 10/1 where no alternate driver
install was attempted.

Please let me know what information I might be able to provide that
would be useful in fixing this problem.

Thank you,

-john


root@johnn-craylap:~# lspci | grep -i nvid
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV28 [GeForce4 Ti 4200 Go AGP 8x] (rev a1)
root@johnn-craylap:~# 

root@johnn-craylap:~# lsmod | grep -i nv
root@johnn-craylap:~# lsmod | grep -i nouv
nouveau               516971  2 
ttm                    56633  1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper         30200  2 ch7006,nouveau
drm                   168054  5 ch7006,nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit            5168  1 nouveau
root@johnn-craylap:~# 

root@johnn-craylap:~# dpkg --status xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 284
Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT <ubuntu-x@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1:0.0.16+git20100805+b96170a-0ubuntu1
Provides: xorg-driver-video, xserver-xorg-video-8
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libdrm-nouveau1 (>= 2.4.20-3~), libudev0 (>= 147), xorg-video-abi-8.0, xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.8.99.904)
Description: X.Org X server -- Nouveau display driver (experimental)
 This driver for the X.Org X server (see xserver-xorg for a further description)
 provides support for NVIDIA Riva, TNT, GeForce, and Quadro cards.
 .
 Although the nouveau project aims to provide full 3D support it is not yet
 complete, and these packages do not include any 3D support.
 Users requiring 3D support should use the non-free "nvidia" driver.
 .
 This package is built from the FreeDesktop.org xf86-video-nouveau driver.
Homepage: http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force <debian-x@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
root@johnn-craylap:~# 

root@johnn-craylap:~# dpkg --status libdrm-nouveau1
Package: libdrm-nouveau1
Status: install ok installed
Priority: required
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 92
Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT <ubuntu-x@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Architecture: i386
Source: libdrm
Version: 2.4.21-1ubuntu2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.4), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3)
Breaks: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (<< 1:0.0.16)
Description: Userspace interface to nouveau-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime
 This library implements the userspace interface to the nouveau-specific kernel
 DRM services. DRM stands for "Direct Rendering Manager", which is the
 kernelspace portion of the "Direct Rendering Infrastructure" (DRI). The DRI is
 currently used on Linux to provide hardware-accelerated OpenGL drivers.
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force <debian-x@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
root@johnn-craylap:~#

root@johnn-craylap:~# hwinfo
============ start debug info ============
libhd version 16.0 (ia32)
using /var/lib/hardware
kernel version is 2.6
----- /proc/cmdline -----
  BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=/dev/mapper/80gblaphdd-rootvol ro splash
----- /proc/cmdline end -----
[...]
  3: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer'
  info.capabilities = { 'cpufreq_control' }
  info.interfaces = { 'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement', 'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.CPUFreq' }
  info.subsystem = 'unknown'
  info.product = 'Computer'
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer'
  org.freedesktop.Hal.version = '0.5.14'
  org.freedesktop.Hal.version.major = 0 (0x0)
  org.freedesktop.Hal.version.minor = 5 (0x5)
  org.freedesktop.Hal.version.micro = 14 (0xe)
  system.kernel.name = 'Linux'
  system.kernel.version = '2.6.35-22-generic'
  system.kernel.version.major = 2 (0x2)
  system.kernel.version.minor = 6 (0x6)
  system.kernel.version.micro = 35 (0x23)
  system.kernel.machine = 'i686'
  power_management.can_suspend = true
  power_management.can_suspend_hybrid = false
  power_management.can_hibernate = true
  system.hardware.primary_video.vendor = 4318 (0x10de)
  system.hardware.primary_video.product = 646 (0x286)
  system.hardware.serial = '[redacted]'
  system.hardware.uuid = '[redacted]'
  system.board.serial = '[redacted]'
  system.firmware.vendor = 'Dell Computer Corporation'
  system.firmware.version = 'A13'
  system.firmware.release_date = '06/30/2005'
  system.hardware.vendor = 'Dell Computer Corporation'
  system.hardware.product = 'Latitude D800'
  system.hardware.version = ''
  system.chassis.manufacturer = 'Dell Computer Corporation'
  system.board.product = ''
  system.board.version = ''
  system.board.vendor = 'Dell Computer Corporation'
  system.chassis.type = 'Portable'
  system.formfactor = 'laptop'
  power_management.type = 'acpi'
  power_management.acpi.linux.version = '20100428'
  power_management.quirk.vbe_post = true
  power_management.quirk.vbestate_restore = true
  info.addons = { 'hald-addon-cpufreq', 'hald-addon-acpi' }
  org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.method_names = { 'Suspend', 'SuspendHybrid', 'Hibernate', 'Shutdown
', 'Reboot', 'SetPowerSave' }
  org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.method_signatures = { 'i', 'i', '', '', '', 'b' }
  org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.method_argnames = { 'num_seconds_to_sleep', 'num_seconds_to_sleep',
 '', '', '', 'enable_power_save' }
  org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.SystemPowerManagement.method_execpaths = { 'hal-system-power-suspend', 'hal-system-power-
suspend-hybrid', 'hal-system-power-hibernate', 'hal-system-power-shutdown', 'hal-system-power-reboot', 'hal-system-pow
er-set-power-save' }
  power_management.is_powersave_set = false
  info.callouts.add = { 'hal-storage-cleanup-all-mountpoints' }
[...]


root@johnn-craylap:~# hwinfo --gfxcard
20: PCI(AGP) 100.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA)        
  [Created at pci.318]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_286
  Unique ID: VCu0.8ENJQHz3VVF
  Parent ID: vSkL.1o+Z33xgwU4
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:01:00.0
  Hardware Class: graphics card
  Model: "nVidia GeForce4 4200 Go"
  Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation"
  Device: pci 0x0286 "GeForce4 4200 Go"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1028 "Dell"
  SubDevice: pci 0x0179 
  Revision: 0xa1
  Driver: "nouveau"
  Driver Modules: "drm"
  Memory Range: 0xfc000000-0xfcffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xf0000000-0xf3ffffff (ro,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xfd000000-0xfd01ffff (ro,non-prefetchable,disabled)
  IRQ: 11 (15372 events)
  I/O Ports: 0x3c0-0x3df (rw)
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010DEd00000286sv00001028sd00000179bc03sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    XFree86 v4 Server Module: nv
  Driver Info #1:
    XFree86 v4 Server Module: nvidia
    3D Support: yes
    Color Depths: 16
    Extensions: 
    Options: 
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #10 (PCI bridge)
Primary display adapter: #20
root@johnn-craylap:~#

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20100805+b96170a-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
DRM.card0.DVI.D.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes: 
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1920x1200 1920x1200 1920x1080 1600x1200 1680x1050 1400x1050 1280x1024 1280x960 1152x864 1024x768 800x600 640x480 720x400 640x400 640x350
 edid-base64: AP///////wAwZABQODczOSoNAQOAIRV4Ck/VnFdLjCcfUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBLz+ACHGwI0BkICYAS88QAAAYAAAADwAIKBA4ARECER4gCBIAAAAA/gA4VDc0OaExNTRFWjAKAAAA/gDfuaWTdlcoAAIACiAgADE=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes: 
 edid-base64:
Date: Sat Oct  2 11:17:25 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate i386 (20100928.1)
MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation Latitude D800
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
 Socket 1:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
 Socket 1:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=/dev/mapper/80gblaphdd-rootvol ro splash
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
dmi.bios.date: 06/30/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.bios.version: A13
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA13:bd06/30/2005:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnLatitudeD800:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorporation:rn:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude D800
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 codename:           maverick
 architecture:       i686
 kernel:             2.6.35-22-generic

** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 maverick possible-manual-nvidia-install

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X display shows garbage w/ nouveau & Nvidia GeForce4 Ti 4200 Go AGP rev a1 (NV28)
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