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Thread: 12.04 and 12.10 breaks Nvidia compatibility

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    Exclamation 12.04 and 12.10 breaks Nvidia compatibility

    I have an Nvidia 9800GTX+, and have been forced to switch back to ubuntu/lubuntu 11.10 when I do an upgrade, or a fresh install of either ubuntu 12.04 or 12.10 I can't get the Nvidia proprietary drivers to work (nvidia-current, nvidia-current-updates, and even the binary driver from nvidia). Nouveau is not an option for my usage and it is not even close to stable. Every new install (with the proprietary driver) leads to a back screen with only ssh access. I tried ubuntu-12.04amd64, ubuntu-12.04-server-amd64, lubuntu-12.04-amd64, ubuntu-12.10amd64, lubuntu-12.10amd64.
    Every time dmesg fills with nvidia errors. From what I have seen it seems to be a regression with x11 and my hardware (amd Phenom 2 X6 1100T cpu, Nvidia 9800GTX+, 8gb DDR3 ram, GA-890FXA-UD5 motherboard etc etc). This does not occur in 11.10 and older.
    Here is the output of lshw:
    Code:
    modmadmike-srv
        description: Desktop Computer
        product: GA-890FXA-UD5 ()
        vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
        width: 64 bits
        capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 vsyscall64 vsyscall32
        configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop uuid=31433646-3635-4338-4145-3745FFFFFFFF
      *-core
           description: Motherboard
           product: GA-890FXA-UD5
           vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
           physical id: 0
           version: x.x
         *-firmware
              description: BIOS
              vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
              physical id: 0
              version: FB
              date: 02/11/2011
              size: 128KiB
              capacity: 1984KiB
              capabilities: isa pci pnp upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
         *-cpu
              description: CPU
              product: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1100T Processor
              vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
              physical id: 4
              bus info: cpu@0
              version: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1100T Processor
              slot: Socket M2
              size: 800MHz
              capacity: 800MHz
              width: 64 bits
              clock: 200MHz
              capabilities: 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 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt cpb npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save pausefilter cpufreq
            *-cache:0
                 description: L1 cache
                 physical id: a
                 slot: Internal Cache
                 size: 128KiB
                 capacity: 128KiB
                 capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
            *-cache:1
                 description: L3 cache
                 physical id: c
                 slot: External Cache
                 size: 512KiB
                 capacity: 512KiB
                 capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
         *-cache
              description: L1 cache
              physical id: b
              slot: Internal Cache
              size: 128KiB
              capacity: 128KiB
              capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
         *-memory
              description: System Memory
              physical id: 27
              slot: System board or motherboard
              size: 8GiB
            *-bank:0
                 description: DIMM 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
                 physical id: 0
                 slot: A0
                 size: 4GiB
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
            *-bank:1
                 description: DIMM 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
                 physical id: 1
                 slot: A1
                 size: 4GiB
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
            *-bank:2
                 description: DIMM 1333 MHz (0.8 ns) [empty]
                 physical id: 2
                 slot: A2
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
            *-bank:3
                 description: DIMM 1333 MHz (0.8 ns) [empty]
                 physical id: 3
                 slot: A3
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
         *-pci:0
              description: Host bridge
              product: RD890 Northbridge only single slot PCI-e GFX Hydra part [1002:5A11]
              vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
              physical id: 100
              bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
              version: 02
              width: 64 bits
              clock: 33MHz
              resources: memory:0-1fffffff
            *-generic UNCLAIMED
                 description: Generic system peripheral
                 product: RD990 I/O Memory Management Unit (IOMMU) [1002:5A23]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: 0.2
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.2
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: msi ht cap_list
                 configuration: latency=0
            *-pci:0
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port B) [1002:5A16]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: 2
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=pcieport
                 resources: irq:18 ioport:a000(size=4096) memory:f8000000-fbffffff ioport:d0000000(size=268435456)
               *-display
                    description: VGA compatible controller
                    product: G92 [GeForce 9800 GTX] [10DE:612]
                    vendor: nVidia Corporation [10DE]
                    physical id: 0
                    bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
                    version: a2
                    width: 64 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
                    configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
                    resources: irq:18 memory:fa000000-faffffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:f8000000-f9ffffff ioport:af00(size=128) memory:fb000000-fb01ffff
            *-pci:1
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port D) [1002:5A18]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: 4
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=pcieport
                 resources: irq:16 ioport:9000(size=4096) memory:fd700000-fd7fffff ioport:fd600000(size=1048576)
               *-usb
                    description: USB Controller
                    product: uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller [1033:194]
                    vendor: NEC Corporation [1033]
                    physical id: 0
                    bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
                    version: 03
                    width: 64 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm msi msix pciexpress xhci bus_master cap_list
                    configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
                    resources: irq:16 memory:fd7fe000-fd7fffff
            *-pci:2
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port E) [1002:5A19]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: 5
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=pcieport
                 resources: irq:17 ioport:8000(size=4096) memory:fd500000-fd5fffff ioport:fd400000(size=1048576)
            *-pci:3
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port F) [1002:5A1A]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: 6
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=pcieport
                 resources: irq:18 ioport:7000(size=4096) memory:fd300000-fd3fffff ioport:fd200000(size=1048576)
            *-pci:4
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port G) [1002:5A1B]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: 7
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:07.0
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=pcieport
                 resources: irq:19 ioport:6000(size=4096) memory:fcf00000-fcffffff ioport:fcc00000(size=1048576)
               *-network
                    description: Ethernet interface
                    product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10EC:8168]
                    vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. [10EC]
                    physical id: 0
                    bus info: pci@0000:05:00.0
                    logical name: eth0
                    version: 06
                    serial: 1c:6f:65:c8:ae:8e
                    size: 1Gbit/s
                    capacity: 1Gbit/s
                    width: 64 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
                    configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw ip=192.168.1.100 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=1Gbit/s
                    resources: irq:41 ioport:6e00(size=256) memory:fccff000-fccfffff memory:fccf8000-fccfbfff
            *-pci:5
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port H) [1002:5A1C]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: 9
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=pcieport
                 resources: irq:17 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:fcb00000-fcbfffff ioport:fde00000(size=1048576)
               *-network
                    description: Ethernet interface
                    product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10EC:8168]
                    vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. [10EC]
                    physical id: 0
                    bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
                    logical name: eth1
                    version: 06
                    serial: 1c:6f:65:c8:ae:7e
                    size: 10Mbit/s
                    capacity: 1Gbit/s
                    width: 64 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
                    configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
                    resources: irq:49 ioport:ee00(size=256) memory:fdeff000-fdefffff memory:fdef8000-fdefbfff
            *-pci:6
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (external gfx1 port A) [1002:5A1D]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: a
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=pcieport
                 resources: irq:18 ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:fdd00000-fddfffff ioport:fdc00000(size=1048576)
               *-storage
                    description: SATA controller
                    product: JMB362/JMB363 Serial ATA Controller [197B:2363]
                    vendor: JMicron Technology Corp. [197B]
                    physical id: 0
                    bus info: pci@0000:07:00.0
                    version: 03
                    width: 32 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: storage pm pciexpress ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list rom
                    configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
                    resources: irq:18 memory:fddfe000-fddfffff memory:fdc00000-fdc0ffff
               *-ide
                    description: IDE interface
                    product: JMB362/JMB363 Serial ATA Controller [197B:2363]
                    vendor: JMicron Technology Corp. [197B]
                    physical id: 0.1
                    bus info: pci@0000:07:00.1
                    version: 03
                    width: 32 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list
                    configuration: driver=pata_jmicron latency=0
                    resources: irq:19 ioport:df00(size=8) ioport:de00(size=4) ioport:dd00(size=8) ioport:dc00(size=4) ioport:db00(size=16)
            *-pci:7
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (NB-SB link) [1002:5A1F]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: b
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.0
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=pcieport
                 resources: irq:19 ioport:c000(size=4096) memory:fdb00000-fdbfffff ioport:fda00000(size=1048576)
               *-generic
                    description: System peripheral
                    product: SD/MMC Host Controller [197B:2392]
                    vendor: JMicron Technology Corp. [197B]
                    physical id: 0
                    bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
                    version: 30
                    width: 32 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list
                    configuration: driver=sdhci-pci latency=0
                    resources: irq:19 memory:fdbff000-fdbff0ff
            *-pci:8
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (external gfx1 port B) [1002:5A1E]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: d
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:0d.0
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=pcieport
                 resources: irq:17 ioport:b000(size=4096) memory:fd900000-fd9fffff ioport:fd800000(size=1048576)
               *-pci
                    description: PCI bridge
                    product: PEX8112 x1 Lane PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge [10B5:8112]
                    vendor: PLX Technology, Inc. [10B5]
                    physical id: 0
                    bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0
                    version: aa
                    width: 32 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pci msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                    resources: ioport:b000(size=4096) memory:fd900000-fd9fffff memory:fd800000-fd8fffff
                  *-multimedia
                       description: Multimedia audio controller
                       product: CMI8788 [Oxygen HD Audio] [13F6:8788]
                       vendor: C-Media Electronics Inc [13F6]
                       physical id: 4
                       bus info: pci@0000:0a:04.0
                       version: 00
                       width: 32 bits
                       clock: 33MHz
                       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
                       configuration: driver=AV200 latency=32 maxlatency=24 mingnt=2
                       resources: irq:17 ioport:be00(size=256)
            *-storage
                 description: SATA controller
                 product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1002:4391]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: 11
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0
                 logical name: scsi0
                 logical name: scsi2
                 logical name: scsi5
                 logical name: scsi7
                 version: 40
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 capabilities: storage ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list emulated
                 configuration: driver=ahci latency=32
                 resources: irq:19 ioport:ff00(size=8) ioport:fe00(size=4) ioport:fd00(size=8) ioport:fc00(size=4) ioport:fb00(size=16) memory:fdfff000-fdfff3ff
               *-disk:0
                    description: ATA Disk
                    product: KINGSTON SSDNOW
                    physical id: 0
                    bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
                    logical name: /dev/sda
                    version: AJXA
                    serial: 30CM10DTM83Z
                    size: 27GiB (30GB)
                    capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                    configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=0007509d
                  *-volume:0
                       description: EXT4 volume
                       vendor: Linux
                       physical id: 1
                       bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
                       logical name: /dev/sda1
                       logical name: /boot
                       version: 1.0
                       serial: c1baf89f-a3c5-4471-abe0-4eff1fec787d
                       size: 298MiB
                       capacity: 298MiB
                       capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
                       configuration: created=2012-07-09 23:46:06 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/boot modified=2012-07-15 19:04:27 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered mounted=2012-07-15 19:04:27 state=mounted
                  *-volume:1
                       description: Linux filesystem partition
                       physical id: 2
                       bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
                       logical name: /dev/sda2
                       serial: Zr3ACc-WY2b-Y6t5-dZLt-kSVS-vo8o-04nLIW
                       size: 27GiB
                       capacity: 27GiB
                       capabilities: primary lvm2
               *-disk:1
                    description: ATA Disk
                    product: KINGSTON SSDNOW
                    physical id: 1
                    bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
                    logical name: /dev/sdb
                    version: AJXA
                    serial: 30FM10CQM83Z
                    size: 27GiB (30GB)
                    capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                    configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=000364b8
                  *-volume:0
                       description: Linux swap volume
                       physical id: 1
                       bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1
                       logical name: /dev/sdb1
                       version: 1
                       serial: 0b3efba1-96d6-4d8a-9e2f-3e30fe92476b
                       size: 298MiB
                       capacity: 298MiB
                       capabilities: primary nofs swap initialized
                       configuration: filesystem=swap pagesize=4096
                  *-volume:1
                       description: Linux filesystem partition
                       physical id: 2
                       bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,2
                       logical name: /dev/sdb2
                       serial: TT23ZZ-zy4n-kg5u-hgOz-CAeN-bF9f-CwWr0G
                       size: 27GiB
                       capacity: 27GiB
                       capabilities: primary lvm2
               *-disk:2
                    description: ATA Disk
                    product: SAMSUNG HD103UJ
                    physical id: 2
                    bus info: scsi@5:0.0.0
                    logical name: /dev/sdc
                    version: 1AA0
                    serial: S1B9J90QA31139
                    size: 931GiB (1TB)
                    capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                    configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=69205244
                  *-volume
                       description: Linux filesystem partition
                       physical id: 1
                       bus info: scsi@5:0.0.0,1
                       logical name: /dev/sdc1
                       serial: OrpjW6-cLI3-ImxK-86fd-cpEB-uaOU-M0luS5
                       size: 931GiB
                       capacity: 931GiB
                       capabilities: primary lvm2
               *-disk:3
                    description: ATA Disk
                    product: ST1000DM005 HD10
                    vendor: Seagate
                    physical id: 3
                    bus info: scsi@7:0.0.0
                    logical name: /dev/sdd
                    version: 1AJ1
                    serial: S246J9EC437278
                    size: 931GiB (1TB)
                    capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                    configuration: ansiversion=5
                  *-volume
                       description: Linux LVM Physical Volume partition
                       physical id: 1
                       bus info: scsi@7:0.0.0,1
                       logical name: /dev/sdd1
                       serial: 2IDwbd-h54C-e3Y7-Gito-Zffb-VWpA-61ZPcb
                       size: 931GiB
                       capacity: 931GiB
                       capabilities: primary multi lvm2
            *-usb:0
                 description: USB Controller
                 product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: 12
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 capabilities: ohci bus_master
                 configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32
                 resources: irq:18 memory:fdffe000-fdffefff
            *-usb:1
                 description: USB Controller
                 product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: 12.2
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:12.2
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=32
                 resources: irq:17 memory:fdffd000-fdffd0ff
            *-usb:2
                 description: USB Controller
                 product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: 13
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 capabilities: ohci bus_master
                 configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32
                 resources: irq:18 memory:fdffc000-fdffcfff
            *-usb:3
                 description: USB Controller
                 product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: 13.2
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:13.2
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=32
                 resources: irq:17 memory:fdffb000-fdffb0ff
            *-serial UNCLAIMED
                 description: SMBus
                 product: SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: 14
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
                 version: 42
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 configuration: latency=0
            *-multimedia
                 description: Audio device
                 product: SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: 14.2
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
                 version: 40
                 width: 64 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=32
                 resources: irq:16 memory:fdff4000-fdff7fff
            *-isa
                 description: ISA bridge
                 product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller [1002:439D]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: 14.3
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
                 version: 40
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 capabilities: isa bus_master
                 configuration: latency=0
            *-pci:9
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: 14.4
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.4
                 version: 40
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master vga_palette
                 resources: ioport:5000(size=4096) memory:fd100000-fd1fffff memory:fd000000-fd0fffff
               *-firewire
                    description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
                    product: TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [104C:8024]
                    vendor: Texas Instruments [104C]
                    physical id: e
                    bus info: pci@0000:0b:0e.0
                    version: 00
                    width: 32 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
                    configuration: driver=firewire_ohci latency=32 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2
                    resources: irq:22 memory:fd1ff000-fd1ff7ff memory:fd1f8000-fd1fbfff
            *-usb:4
                 description: USB Controller
                 product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller [1002:4399]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: 14.5
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:14.5
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 capabilities: ohci bus_master
                 configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32
                 resources: irq:18 memory:fdffa000-fdffafff
            *-pci:10
                 description: PCI bridge
                 product: SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0) [1002:43A0]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: 15
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:15.0
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 33MHz
                 capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=pcieport
                 resources: irq:17 ioport:4000(size=4096) memory:fce00000-fcefffff ioport:fcd00000(size=1048576)
               *-storage
                    description: SATA controller
                    product: JMB362/JMB363 Serial ATA Controller [197B:2363]
                    vendor: JMicron Technology Corp. [197B]
                    physical id: 0
                    bus info: pci@0000:0c:00.0
                    version: 02
                    width: 32 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: storage pm pciexpress ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list rom
                    configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
                    resources: irq:17 memory:fcefe000-fcefffff memory:fcd00000-fcd0ffff
               *-ide
                    description: IDE interface
                    product: JMB362/JMB363 Serial ATA Controller [197B:2363]
                    vendor: JMicron Technology Corp. [197B]
                    physical id: 0.1
                    bus info: pci@0000:0c:00.1
                    version: 02
                    width: 32 bits
                    clock: 33MHz
                    capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list
                    configuration: driver=pata_jmicron latency=0
                    resources: irq:17 ioport:4f00(size=8) ioport:4e00(size=4) ioport:4d00(size=8) ioport:4c00(size=4) ioport:4b00(size=16)
            *-usb:5
                 description: USB Controller
                 product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: 16
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 capabilities: ohci bus_master
                 configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=32
                 resources: irq:18 memory:fdff9000-fdff9fff
            *-usb:6
                 description: USB Controller
                 product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
                 vendor: ATI Technologies Inc [1002]
                 physical id: 16.2
                 bus info: pci@0000:00:16.2
                 version: 00
                 width: 32 bits
                 clock: 66MHz
                 capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
                 configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=32
                 resources: irq:17 memory:fdff8000-fdff80ff
         *-pci:1
              description: Host bridge
              product: Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration [1022:1200]
              vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
              physical id: 101
              bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-pci:2
              description: Host bridge
              product: Family 10h Processor Address Map [1022:1201]
              vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
              physical id: 102
              bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-pci:3
              description: Host bridge
              product: Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller [1022:1202]
              vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
              physical id: 103
              bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-pci:4
              description: Host bridge
              product: Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control [1022:1203]
              vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
              physical id: 104
              bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
              configuration: driver=k10temp
              resources: irq:0
         *-pci:5
              description: Host bridge
              product: Family 10h Processor Link Control [1022:1204]
              vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
              physical id: 105
              bus info: pci@0000:00:18.4
              version: 00
              width: 32 bits
              clock: 33MHz
         *-scsi
              physical id: 1
              bus info: usb@9:2
              logical name: scsi17
              capabilities: emulated scsi-host
              configuration: driver=usb-storage
            *-disk
                 description: SCSI Disk
                 product: JumpDrive
                 vendor: Lexar
                 physical id: 0.0.0
                 bus info: scsi@17:0.0.0
                 logical name: /dev/sde
                 version: 1.00
                 serial: 2717755104
                 size: 14GiB (16GB)
                 capabilities: removable
                 configuration: ansiversion=6
               *-medium
                    physical id: 0
                    logical name: /dev/sde
                    size: 14GiB (16GB)
                    capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
                  *-volume:0
                       description: Windows FAT volume
                       vendor: BSD  4.4
                       physical id: 1
                       logical name: /dev/sde1
                       logical name: /media/512MUSB3FAT
                       version: FAT16
                       serial: 7d95-1dfa
                       size: 488MiB
                       capacity: 488MiB
                       capabilities: primary fat initialized
                       configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat label=512MUSB3FAT mount.fstype=vfat mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1005,gid=1005,fmask=0022,dmask=0077,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,showexec,utf8,flush,errors=remount-ro state=mounted
                  *-volume:1
                       description: HPFS/NTFS partition
                       physical id: 2
                       logical name: /dev/sde2
                       logical name: /media/16GBUSB3ExF
                       capacity: 14GiB
                       capabilities: primary
                       configuration: mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096 state=mounted
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    Re: 12.04 and 12.10 breaks Nvidia compatibility

    Hi!, modmadmike,

    You have tried 'nomodeset', Right?

    Which nvidia download version did you try?

    Do you get the same results booting to recovery safe mode?

    Please Post:
    Code:
    lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 vga
    sudo apt-cache policy nvidia-current
    cat /sys/module/nvidia/version
    /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p
    Chao!, bogan.
    "Better Solutions may bring Worsened Problems": After Lao Tse, b. circa 405BC. a contemporary of Confucius, who died circa 600BC.
    They did things differently in those days, apparently!!

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    Re: 12.04 and 12.10 breaks Nvidia compatibility

    Sorry for hijacking this topic but i see that bogan has some intel on whats going wrong with the nvidia installations =) So im gonna try my luck here since my topic is kinda slow:


    octodur@mainframe:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 vga
    00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09)
    Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device [1558:7102]
    Kernel driver in use: i915
    Kernel modules: i915
    --
    01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation Device [10de:1212] (rev a1)
    Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer Device [1558:7102]
    Kernel modules: nvidia, nouveau, nvidiafb
    03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device [10ec:5289] (rev 01)
    octodur@mainframe:~$ sudo apt-cache policy nvidia-current
    nvidia-current:
    Installed: 304.22-0ubuntu1~xedgers~precise1
    Candidate: 304.22-0ubuntu1~xedgers~precise1
    Version table:
    *** 304.22-0ubuntu1~xedgers~precise1 0
    500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
    100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
    302.17-0ubuntu1~precise~xup1 0
    500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-sw...pdates/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
    295.40-0ubuntu1 0
    500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/restricted amd64 Packages
    not so good eh...
    octodur@mainframe:~$ cat /sys/module/nvidia/version
    cat: /sys/module/nvidia/version: No such file or directory
    octodur@mainframe:~$ /usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p
    OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center
    OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ivybridge Mobile
    OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel

    Not software rendered: yes
    Not blacklisted: yes
    GLX fbconfig: yes
    GLX texture from pixmap: yes
    GL npot or rect textures: yes
    GL vertex program: yes
    GL fragment program: yes
    GL vertex buffer object: yes
    GL framebuffer object: yes
    GL version is 1.4+: yes

    Unity 3D supported: yes
    I installed the drivers trough ppm, firstly x-swat then from xorg-edgers.

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    Re: 12.04 and 12.10 breaks Nvidia compatibility

    Hi!, Denied,

    Your nvidia card, ID: [10de:1212] is the GTX 675M, for which Nvidia recommend the 295.59 driver or the Beta 304.22. Apt-cache says you have the later installed, though lspci does not confirm that.

    Your "My topic" thread shows 302.17 being installed. Did you get any errors when 304.22 was installed.

    Have you run Nvidia Xserver Settngs, or nvidia-settings as well as nvidia-xconfig.?

    If so what resulted?

    Neither your Post to this thread, nor your "my topic", give me any idea what the problem is you have and want help with; other than "it breaks" and
    When i make the xorg.conf file by typing nvidia-xconfig and reboot, i get a prompt thats 640xVery small and its not working.
    When does the "prompt" occur? is it a tty? can you operate commands from it?

    Do you get a GUI log-in?

    Is it the same booting to Recovery?

    Do you have earlier Ubuntu versions available? If so, do they do the same?

    In general my understanding is that Linux does not yet deal well with Ivy Bridge CPU/GPU's, with or without BumbleBee/Ironhide.

    Chao!, bogan.
    "Better Solutions may bring Worsened Problems": After Lao Tse, b. circa 405BC. a contemporary of Confucius, who died circa 600BC.
    They did things differently in those days, apparently!!

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