Public bug reported: I am unable to get nvidia support Says I have VESA: G96 Board - 06010001 and not the Geforce 9600M GT as I had before a partial upgrade.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-7.7-generic 3.5.0 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-7-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.1: ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 BootLog: fsck from util-linux 2.20.1 /dev/sda1: clean, 798968/19275776 files, 35054431/77094656 blocks CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,regex,gnomecompat,grid,move,vpswitch,place,snap,animation,mousepoll,workarounds,wall,resize,dbus,imgpng,expo,session,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,ezoom,scale,unityshell] CompositorRunning: None Date: Sun Aug 5 16:45:24 2012 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: quantal DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation G96 [GeForce 9600M GT] [10de:0649] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0145] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328) MachineType: Acer Aspire 8930 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-7-generic root=UUID=ef61e9d7-0b13-4521-a109-a9f9f4601678 ro quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1280x1024-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) XorgConf: Section "Device" Identifier "Default Device" Option "NoLogo" "True" EndSection dmi.bios.date: 12/03/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Acer dmi.bios.version: V1.10 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Aspire 8930 dmi.board.vendor: Acer dmi.board.version: PSMBOU-1234567 dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.10:bd12/03/2008:svnAcer:pnAspire8930:pvrV1.10:rvnAcer:rnAspire8930:rvrPSMBOU-1234567:cvnAcer:ct1:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: Aspire 8930 dmi.product.version: V1.10 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8+bzr3249-0ubuntu2 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.37-0ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.4-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.4-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.12.99.902-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-2~ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.20.2-1ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.1-4~ubuntu1 ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug performance quantal running-unity ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1033222 Title: Defaulted to VESA display driver. No Nvidia Support To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1033222/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs