Public bug reported:
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau driver is unusable in HP Pavilion dv6000.
Despite the screen resolution being detected correctly (1280x800), the refresh
rate is set wrong and the information on the screen become unreadable.
There is no way to change the refresh rate to fix the problem.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for
`/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Fri Nov 30 14:02:16 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: quantal
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
bcmwl, 5.100.82.112+bdcom, 3.5.0-17-generic, i686: installed
bcmwl, 5.100.82.112+bdcom, 3.5.0-18-generic, i686: installed
bcmwl, 5.100.82.112+bdcom, 3.7.0-4-generic, i686: installed
virtualbox, 4.1.18, 3.5.0-18-generic, i686: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
NVIDIA Corporation C67 [GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M] [10de:0531] (rev a2)
(prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:30cf]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-22 (39 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv6500 Notebook PC
MarkForUpload: True
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-18-generic
root=UUID=3f1559cd-d9cf-45eb-8aaa-c90716357b41 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 03/22/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.34
dmi.board.name: 30CF
dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
dmi.board.version: 85.26
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.34:bd03/22/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv6500NotebookPC:pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn30CF:rvr85.26:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv6500 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: Rev 1
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.8.4+bzr3407-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.40+git20121123.171666e4-0ubuntu0ricotz2~quantal
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri
9.1~git20121128.ffc318a9-0ubuntu0ricotz~quantal
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx
9.1~git20121128.ffc318a9-0ubuntu0ricotz~quantal
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core
2:1.13.0.901+git20121123+server-1.13-branch.c0e68f8e-0ubuntu0ricotz~quantal
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati
1:7.0.99+git20121126.60cd6cea-0ubuntu0sarvatt~quantal
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
2:2.20.14+git20121126.7a904ce8-0ubuntu0sarvatt~quantal
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
1:1.0.4+git20121126.3b33a0b4-0ubuntu0sarvatt~quantal
** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug compiz-0.9 i386 possible-manual-nvidia-install quantal
resolution third-party-packages ubuntu
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NVidia opensource video driver sets wrong refresh rate in HP Pavilion
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