Same here! Problem lies in this old video card. What I did: Go to console (Ctrl + Alt + F1), login, then kill gdm, in my case, lightdm:
sudo killall lightdm Then, execute: nvidia-xsettings This will create a basic xorg.conf into /etc/X11. Now, install Gnome Flashback, wich brings two options to start Session: Gnome Flashback (compiz) and Gnome Flashback (Metacity) sudo apt-get install gnome-session-flashback Then, restart gdm, in my case: sudo service lightdm start Now, in login screen, open the little foot in the upper right corner , and choose Gnome Flashback (metacity). This will allow to start a session without compiz efects. You should now be able to start session normally. The problem here is that this old videocard cant handle Opengl and Composite effects in new Xorg and kernels. Im trying hard to finetune my xorg.conf, to see if I can make Compiz works. I will try to downgrade kernel and Xorg too if necessary, but dont expect too much. If your problem was you couldnt start session, this workaround should let you do that. If you are expecting for Compiz to work (remember, Ubuntu desktop and Gnome Flashback (Compiz), both uses Compiz), there are little possibilities... but if I cant get it to work, i will let you know. Sorry my english! Im Spanish speaker :P -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1319490 Title: after install Nvidia-173 driver for trusty black sreen Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: after install Nvidia-173 driver for trusty black sreen ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686 .tmp.unity.support.test.1: ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true Date: Wed May 14 19:18:28 2014 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: trusty DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] [10de:0322] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:01b9] InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-12 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140417) MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation Dimension 8300 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=e5a5dd2c-a210-4eae-8011-361d62ca076b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 Renderer: Software SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 07/21/2003 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation dmi.bios.version: A02 dmi.board.name: 0M2035 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corp. dmi.chassis.type: 6 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA02:bd07/21/2003:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnDimension8300:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorp.:rn0M2035:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct6:cvr: dmi.product.name: Dimension 8300 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140423-0ubuntu1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0-4ubuntu5 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0-4ubuntu5 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A xserver.bootTime: Wed May 14 18:37:39 2014 xserver.configfile: default xserver.devices: input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7 input USB OPTICAL MOUSE MOUSE, id 8 input AT Translated Set 2 keyboard KEYBOARD, id 9 xserver.errors: Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0) Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0) AIGLX: reverting to software rendering xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2 xserver.video_driver: modesetting To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1319490/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
