Upgrading to Lucid Lynx - Broken Graphics

**jbirdjavi** · May 5th, 2010

I have a very similar problem to naxtek. I'm running Mythbuntu and encountered the same error after upgrading to 10.04. I've tried blacklisting nouveau and installing the proprietary driver from the Nvidia website but I encounter the same error on the screen as naxtek does whether I use nvidia-current or the driver from Nvidia's website.

My system log shows this:

Code:

[    9.645679] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[    9.645684] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
[   10.743662] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [AIGP] enabled at IRQ 22
[   10.743668] nvidia 0000:00:12.0: PCI INT A -> Link[AIGP] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[   10.743674] nvidia 0000:00:12.0: setting latency timer to 64
[   10.743678] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:00:12.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem
[   10.744030] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module  195.36.15  Thu Mar 11 21:41:46 PST 2010

[   23.513063] vmap allocation for size 16781312 failed: use vmalloc=<size> to increase size.
[   23.513491] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x23:0xffffffff:655)
[   23.513496] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
[   23.783422] vmap allocation for size 16781312 failed: use vmalloc=<size> to increase size.
[   23.783856] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x23:0xffffffff:655)
[   23.783861] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
[   24.078450] vmap allocation for size 16781312 failed: use vmalloc=<size> to increase size.
[   24.078883] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x23:0xffffffff:655)
[   24.078888] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
[   24.384731] vmap allocation for size 16781312 failed: use vmalloc=<size> to increase size.
[   24.385241] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x23:0xffffffff:655)
[   24.385247] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
[   24.624980] vmap allocation for size 16781312 failed: use vmalloc=<size> to increase size.
[   24.625413] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x23:0xffffffff:655)
[   24.625418] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
[   24.913940] vmap allocation for size 16781312 failed: use vmalloc=<size> to increase size.
[   24.914406] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x23:0xffffffff:655)
[   24.914412] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed

Since it said something about screens, I've tried using a different monitor with VGA output (I usually use TV out), but same thing. I have an NVIDIA GeForce 7050PV/nForce 630a.

And for good measure, here's my xorg.conf:

Code:

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Monitor         "Configured Monitor"
        Device          "Configured Video Device"
        DefaultDepth    24
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load    "glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Configured Video Device"
        Driver  "nvidia"
        Option  "NoLogo"        "True"
EndSection

If anyone can give me any help I'd definitely appreciate it!

**gravies** · May 13th, 2010

I have the same problem.

Enabled with jockey. Rebooted. Nouveau blacklisted and not loaded. nvidia module loads. nvidia-xconfig makes no difference. Same thing with fresh install and on USB stick. TV / LCD makes no difference - tried 2 very different ones. System was working perfectly with nvidia
drivers on karmic.

[ 1023.904815] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1076)
[ 1023.904826] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.904341 seconds

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 220] (rev a2)

(**) May 13 21:19:45 NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(II) May 13 21:19:45 NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
(II) May 13 21:19:45 NVIDIA(0): enabled.
(EE) May 13 21:19:45 NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device PCI:1:0:0.
(EE) May 13 21:19:45 NVIDIA(0): Please check your system's kernel log for additional error
(EE) May 13 21:19:45 NVIDIA(0): messages and refer to Chapter 8: Common Problems in the
(EE) May 13 21:19:45 NVIDIA(0): README for additional information.
(EE) May 13 21:19:45 NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device!
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "wfb"
(II) UnloadModule: "fb"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

**gravies** · May 13th, 2010

Looks like I might have found a fix from this page:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...125400&page=32

I followed the instruction about adding vmalloc=192M to the end of "GRUB_CMD_LINE_LINUX_DEFAULT" in /etc/default/grub and now I have nvidia 195.36.15 working after a reboot (so far!).