Public bug reported: I have used nvidia-304 successfully with Lubuntu up through 16.04. (With nouveau, at some time or other, the screen "crashes" and I have to hard- shutdown)
This time, with 16.10, I first noticed only 3 screen resolutions possible - max being 1024x768. Further research showed: Monitor Settings: "The following monitor is detected... Default Monitor" scott@scott-ASUS-M2N68-AM-PLUS:~$ sudo lshw -c video [sudo] password for scott: *-display UNCLAIMED description: VGA compatible controller product: C61 [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a] vendor: NVIDIA Corporation physical id: d bus info: pci@0000:00:0d.0 version: a2 width: 64 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 resources: memory:de000000-deffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:dd000000-ddffffff memory:c0000-dffff scott@scott-ASUS-M2N68-AM-PLUS:~$ xrandr xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768 default connected 1024x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm 1024x768 61.00* 800x600 61.00 640x480 60.00 The install from Synaptic had appeared to go just fine: Gtk-WARNING **: Theme directory imported-Humanity/192 of theme Lubuntu has no size field Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-304. (Reading database ... 171834 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../0-nvidia-304_304.132-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking nvidia-304 (304.132-0ubuntu1) ... Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-current. Preparing to unpack .../1-nvidia-current_304.132-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking nvidia-current (304.132-0ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-3ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Setting up nvidia-304 (304.132-0ubuntu1) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-304/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu_GL.conf (x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-304/alt_ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_GL.conf (i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode update-alternatives: using /usr/share/nvidia-304/glamor.conf to provide /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/glamoregl.conf (glamor_conf) in auto mode update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) INFO:Enable nvidia-304 DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/dell_latitude DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/lenovo_thinkpad DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/put_your_quirks_here Loading new nvidia-304-304.132 DKMS files... Building only for 4.8.0-26-generic Building for architecture x86_64 Building initial module for 4.8.0-26-generic Done. nvidia_304: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - No original module exists within this kernel - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/4.8.0-26-generic/updates/dkms/ depmod....... DKMS: install completed. Setting up nvidia-current (304.132-0ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-3ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.125ubuntu5) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.8.0-26-generic However, running lsmod showed no nvidia-304 module, nor did it show one for nouveau. So it had correctly removed nouveau, but did not add nvidia-304. Un-installing nvidia-304 gets me nouveau in lsmod, it finds the VGA monitor for xrandr and Monitor Settings, lshw just shows "*-display", and I can use up to 1600x1200 - but sooner or later I have to do a hard- shutdown because of the vidio-"crash". I just tried using "Additional Drivers" to switch to nvidia-304, but with exactly the same result. Before I removed the package, I looked through the system logs, and copied out that which looked relevant. (I will attach the full file of log-excerpts that I created.) What seemed most important were: "nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel" "(EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module." "(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0)" Can anyone say why nvidia-304 appears to install, but never makes it into the kernel, and how I can fix this situation? [Also, I know that it may not be nvidia-304's fault that it cannot be saved/loaded, that some other package for some reason could cause a perfectly-good-nvidia-304 package not to be installed/loaded in the kernal, but I don't know enough how things work to know against what other package this bug should be filed...] I'm grasping at straws here - I actually considered booting from my 16.04 Lubuntu install to try and grab its nvidia-304 package, but since I have for the first time installed 16.10 as a 64-bit OS, I don't suppose the 32-bit pkg. I could come up with would be compatible with it... ---------------------------------------------------- scott@scott-ASUS-M2N68-AM-PLUS:~$ uname -a Linux scott-ASUS-M2N68-AM-PLUS 4.8.0-26-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 18 14:39:52 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux scott@scott-ASUS-M2N68-AM-PLUS:~$ lsb_release -dsc Ubuntu 16.10 yakkety scott@scott-ASUS-M2N68-AM-PLUS:~$ echo $DESKTOP_SESSION Lubuntu nvidia-304 version: nvidia-current_304.132-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb nvidia-304_304.132-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: nvidia-304 (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-26.28-generic 4.8.0 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-26-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: LXDE Date: Tue Oct 25 13:07:39 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-20 (5 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.1) SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) modified.conffile..etc.modprobe.d.nvidia-304_hybrid.conf: [deleted] ** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug driver nvidia nvidia-304 yakkety ** Attachment added: "Nvidia304_SystemLogFileExcerpts.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1636582/+attachment/4767118/+files/Nvidia304_SystemLogFileExcerpts.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1636582 Title: nvidia-304 - module doesn't install to (or load from) kernal) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304/+bug/1636582/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ 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