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bojo
December 27th, 2010, 11:44 PM
Hi All,

Few days ago I tried upgrade to 10.04 LTS and the behavior was that the screen freezes to the point that I couldn't login at all (list of users barely appeared but can not navigate to a user). I did restore back to 8.04 using clonezilla and tried live CD. What I experienced is the same on Live CD 10.04 32 bit, Live CD 10.10 32 bit and a bit better (I was able to login and navigate however with some slowness on 10.04 64 bit). I know my video card is about 10 years old but it works just fine with 8.04 and all previous versions that I used.

I am wandering if there is a way to make any of the 32 bit versions work. I'd rather experiment with the live CD as I don't want to risk the system before I am sure I can actually make it work.

One more test - I tried running live CD in a session of virtual box (within the 8.04 32 bit system) and it is OK...

Any ideas? Suggestions? If I can't make it work one way or another I am stuck (can't upgrade and no security updates after that). I didn't try 9.10 as support will run out about the same time as 8.04.

Thank you in advance...

Here is the data for the machine



lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x T

lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb Host Bridge (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce 250Gb PCI System Management (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:05.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK8S Ethernet Controller (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.5) (rev a2)
00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Serial ATA Controller (v2.5) (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AGP Host to PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x TMDS
02:07.0 Communication controller: Conexant HCF 56k Data/Fax/Voice/Spkp Modem (rev 08)
02:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 08)
02:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port (rev 08)



All the hardware below



sudo lshw

description: Desktop Computer
product: K8N
vendor: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
version: System Version
serial: System Serial Number
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3 smp-1.1 smp
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=1 uuid=208658BB-8DFE-D511-A9B3-0013D4E3C73E
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: 'K8N'
vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
physical id: 0
version: Rev 1.xx
serial: MB-1234567890
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
physical id: 0
version: 1008 (08/23/2005)
size: 64KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 2800+
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.12.0
serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
slot: Socket 754
size: 1800MHz
capacity: 1800MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 200MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow up ts fid vid ttp
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 5
slot: L1-Cache
size: 128KiB
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies data
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 6
slot: L2-Cache
size: 512KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies unified
*-cache DISABLED
description: L3 cache
physical id: 7
slot: L3-Cache
clock: 3921KHz (255.0ns)
capabilities: internal
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 3a
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 512MiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2.5 ns)
product: PartNum0
vendor: Manufacturer0
physical id: 0
serial: SerNum0
slot: DIMM0
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 400MHz (2.5ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM [empty]
product: PartNum1
vendor: Manufacturer1
physical id: 1
serial: SerNum1
slot: DIMM1
*-bank:2
description: DIMM [empty]
product: PartNum2
vendor: Manufacturer2
physical id: 2
serial: SerNum2
slot: DIMM2
*-pci:0
description: Host bridge
product: nForce3 250Gb Host Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: nForce3 250Gb LPC Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: nForce 250Gb PCI System Management
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 1.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm cap_list
configuration: driver=nForce2_smbus latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=i2c_nforce2
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: CK8S USB Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=ohci_hcd
*-usbhost
product: OHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 2.6.24-28-generic ohci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1
logical name: usb1
version: 2.06
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: maxpower=0mA slots=4 speed=12.0MB/s
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: CK8S USB Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=ohci_hcd
*-usbhost
product: OHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 2.6.24-28-generic ohci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@2
logical name: usb2
version: 2.06
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: maxpower=0mA slots=4 speed=12.0MB/s
*-usb UNCLAIMED
description: Generic USB device
product: USB Trackball
vendor: Logitech
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@2:2
version: 14.00
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: maxpower=50mA speed=1.5MB/s
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: nForce3 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 2.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.2
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: debug pm ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=ehci_hcd
*-usbhost
product: EHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 2.6.24-28-generic ehci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@3
logical name: usb3
version: 2.06
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: maxpower=0mA slots=8 speed=480.0MB/s
*-bridge
description: Ethernet interface
product: CK8S Ethernet Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
logical name: eth0
version: a2
serial: 00:13:d4:e3:c7:3e
size: 100000000
capacity: 100000000
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bridge pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.61 duplex=full ip=172.16.30.52 latency=0 link=yes maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 module=forcedeth multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
*-ide:0
description: IDE interface
product: CK8S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.5)
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0
logical name: scsi1
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=pata_amd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=pata_amd
*-cdrom
description: DVD writer
product: DVD_RW ND-3540A
vendor: _NEC
physical id: 0.1.0
bus info: scsi@1:0.1.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: 1.01
serial: [_NEC DVD_RW ND-3540A 1.0105031600
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=open
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: CK8S Serial ATA Controller (v2.5)
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: a
bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
logical name: scsi2
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=sata_nv latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=sata_nv
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: Maxtor 6L250S0
vendor: Maxtor
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: BANC
serial: L5090XLG
size: 233GiB (251GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=0000e20b
*-volume:0
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
capacity: 188MiB
capabilities: primary
*-volume:1
description: EXT3 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
version: 1.0
serial: bf95d643-5c58-431c-8fa5-bae6ba4d7eab
size: 188MiB
capacity: 188MiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized
configuration: filesystem=ext3 modified=2010-12-22 15:32:08 mounted=2010-12-22 15:32:08 state=clean
*-volume:2
description: Extended partition
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sda3
size: 231GiB
capacity: 231GiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume:0
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
capacity: 27GiB
*-logicalvolume:1
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 6
logical name: /dev/sda6
capacity: 1906MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-logicalvolume:2
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 7
logical name: /dev/sda7
logical name: /home
capacity: 93GiB
configuration: mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,data=ordered state=mounted
*-logicalvolume:3
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 8
logical name: /dev/sda8
logical name: /home/back_vm
capacity: 81GiB
configuration: mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,data=ordered state=mounted
*-logicalvolume:4
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 9
logical name: /dev/sda9
logical name: /
logical name: /dev/.static/dev
capacity: 27GiB
configuration: mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered state=mounted
*-volume:3
description: EXT3 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 4
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,4
logical name: /dev/sda4
logical name: /boot
version: 1.0
serial: c73148b2-3a22-437c-8e17-eecc87489233
size: 188MiB
capacity: 188MiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2008-10-12 13:10:15 filesystem=ext3 modified=2010-12-27 10:31:21 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,data=ordered mounted=2010-12-27 10:31:21 state=mounted
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: nForce3 250Gb AGP Host to PCI Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: b
bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x TMDS
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: agp agp-2.0 pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=64 mingnt=8
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: nForce3 250Gb PCI-to-PCI Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: e
bus info: pci@0000:00:0e.0
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
*-communication UNCLAIMED
description: Communication controller
product: HCF 56k Data/Fax/Voice/Spkp Modem
vendor: Conexant
physical id: 7
bus info: pci@0000:02:07.0
version: 08
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=64
*-multimedia
description: Multimedia audio controller
product: SB Live! EMU10k1
vendor: Creative Labs
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:02:09.0
version: 08
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=EMU10K1_Audigy latency=64 maxlatency=20 mingnt=2 module=snd_emu10k1
*-input
description: Input device controller
product: SB Live! Game Port
vendor: Creative Labs
physical id: 9.1
bus info: pci@0000:02:09.1
version: 08
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=Emu10k1_gameport latency=64 module=emu10k1_gp
*-pci:1
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 101
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:2
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 102
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:3
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 103
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:4
description: Host bridge
product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 104
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=k8temp module=k8temp
*-network DISABLED
description: Ethernet interface
physical id: 1
logical name: vboxnet0
serial: 0a:00:27:00:00:00
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes