Excellent. Thank you so much for your answer and your work. Please note that I would have made it a point to try the "swat" team offering sooner to help in your efforts had I understood the team membership relationship to Ubuntu itself (who I offered to help with testing a bug fix for this issue) rather than rely for so long on the script I provided in the Launchpad. Maybe others made the same error. Sorry for my mistake.
Best regards, Mike On Sun, 2011-02-06 at 17:52 +0000, Alex M. Lowe wrote: > The next version of Ubuntu already includes version 260.29 in its > repositories (a version that works with the F series). It is likely > that the latest version of the driver will be included in the final > release and has simply yet to be included. > > Many of the members of the swat team are also members of the team who > maintain X and the Nvidia and ATI drivers in Ubuntu itself. The > x-updates ppa is simply to provide newer packages for already-released > versions. > > On 6 February 2011 08:26, Michael E. Adams <655...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > > I finally got around to trying "ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates" and > > installed their latest nvidia driver (270.18). I just wanted to report > > that it works great on my system (the one that I opened this bug report > > with). My thanks to the "swat" team. > > > > Could someone answer this question? > > > > Is Ubuntu going to use the efforts of this "swat" team for the next release > > of Ubuntu or will this nvidia issue be left unaddressed as it has been for > > Ubuntu 10.10 on my Sony Vaio VPCF136FM. Does Ubuntu consider nvidia driver > > issues, because they are closed binaries, not to be under their care or is > > this ppa used by Ubuntu as part of their development process? > > > > Thanks, > > Mike > > > > -- > > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > > of a duplicate bug (694956). > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/655078 > > > > Title: > > Beta 10.10 Nvidia update broke Sony Vaio VPCF136FM installation > > > > Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu: > > Confirmed > > > > Bug description: > > I have been using 10.10 beta on my new Sony Vaio VPCF136FM configured > > as follows: > > > > Processor: i7-740QM / 1.73 GHz > > Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M GPU > > Display: 16.4" / 1600 x 900 > > Memory: 6 GB > > > > Ubuntu can't sense my display to set up native x-server properly - it > > defaults to 800x600. > > I installed the NVIDIA driver when I originally installed 10.10 beta. > > Worked perfectly. > > Yesterday's (10/04/10) NVIDIA driver update broke my system - won't boot > > into desktop - locks up the system. I had to reboot into safe mode and > > remove the new NVIDIA driver. I am now only able to run in safe mode > > 800x600 because Ubuntu can't detect my display. > > > > More info: > > > > I tried reinstalling the NVIDIA driver. Rebooted to a failsafe root > > terminal. > > Ran: nvidia-xconfig and received the following message: > > > > Using X configuration file: > > "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" > > > > VALIDATION ERROR: > > Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf. > > Undefined Device "(null)" referenced by Screen "Default Screen". > > > > Backup file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' as '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup' > > > > New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' > > > > I try to reboot and I get a blank screen with a color background. I > > can't Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot, I can't Ctrl-Alt F# to a virtual terminal. > > I have to do a cold restart (i.e. hold the power button down to shutdown > > and then reboot into failsafe graphics mode so I can remove the NVIDIA > > driver to regain control of my system again). > > > > --- > > .proc.driver.nvidia.version: > > NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 260.19.06 Mon Sep 13 > > 06:35:06 PDT 2010 > > GCC version: gcc version 4.4.5 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.4.4-14ubuntu5) > > Architecture: i386 > > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 > > DkmsStatus: nvidia-current, 260.19.06, 2.6.35-22-generic-pae, i686: > > installed > > EcryptfsInUse: Yes > > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta i386 (20100901.1) > > MachineType: Sony Corporation VPCF136FM > > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > > Package: nvidia-graphics-drivers (not installed) > > ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic-pae > > root=UUID=99c4af1a-cc38-4ade-b118-914984683266 ro single i8042.reset > > i8042.nomux i8042.nopnp i8042.noloop > > ProcEnviron: > > LANG=en_US.utf8 > > SHELL=/bin/bash > > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic-pae 2.6.35.4 > > Tags: maverick maverick > > Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic-pae i686 > > UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare > > dmi.bios.date: 08/08/2010 > > dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. > > dmi.bios.version: R0170Y9 > > 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:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrR0170Y9:bd08/08/2010:svnSonyCorporation:pnVPCF136FM:pvrC605ZBM6:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A: > > dmi.product.name: VPCF136FM > > dmi.product.version: C605ZBM6 > > dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation > > nvidia-settings: > > > > system: > > distro: Ubuntu > > codename: maverick > > architecture: i686 > > kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic-pae > > > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/655078/+subscribe > > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/655078 Title: Beta 10.10 Nvidia update broke Sony Vaio VPCF136FM installation _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
