Cryptic output from lspci

[orthoducks]

lspci says that my display adapter is an 'NVIDIA Corporation Device 1283 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])'.

Wow. Who knew?

Does anyone know what a "Device 1283" is in English, or any other known language?

In general, what's the next step when lspci says something this cryptic?

[vasa1]

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In general, what's the next step when lspci says something this cryptic?

Post the entire contents of lspci here between code tags and hope someone can help.

[orthoducks]

OK... but I'm puzzled. Most of lspci's output has nothing to do with the display adapter. What relevant information could it contain?
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~$ lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G35 Express DRAM Controller (rev 03)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. 82G35 Express DRAM Controller
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Capabilities: <access denied>

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82G35 Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 24
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
    Memory behind bridge: fd000000-fe9fffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f0000000-00000000f9ffffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5K PRO Motherboard
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
    I/O ports at b800 [size=32]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5K PRO Motherboard
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
    I/O ports at b880 [size=32]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1a.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5K PRO Motherboard
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
    I/O ports at bc00 [size=32]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5K PRO Motherboard
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
    Memory at fcfffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5K PRO Motherboard
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 29
    Memory at fcff8000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
    Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 25
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 00001000-00001fff
    Memory behind bridge: fa000000-fa3fffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fbf00000-00000000fbffffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 26
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
    Memory behind bridge: fa400000-fa5fffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fa600000-00000000fa7fffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 27
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
    I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
    Memory behind bridge: fea00000-feafffff
    Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fa800000-00000000fa9fffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pcieport
    Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5K PRO Motherboard
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
    I/O ports at b080 [size=32]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5K PRO Motherboard
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
    I/O ports at b400 [size=32]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5K PRO Motherboard
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
    I/O ports at b480 [size=32]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5K PRO Motherboard
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
    Memory at fcfff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 92) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=32
    I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
    Memory behind bridge: feb00000-febfffff
    Capabilities: <access denied>

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801IR (ICH9R) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5K PRO Motherboard
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
    Kernel modules: lpc_ich

00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 4 port SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 02) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5K PRO Motherboard
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
    I/O ports at a000 [size=8]
    I/O ports at 9c00 [size=4]
    I/O ports at 9880 [size=8]
    I/O ports at 9800 [size=4]
    I/O ports at 9480 [size=16]
    I/O ports at 9400 [size=16]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
    Kernel modules: pata_acpi

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5K PRO Motherboard
    Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5
    Memory at fcfff400 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
    I/O ports at 0400 [size=32]
    Kernel modules: i2c_i801

00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) 2 port SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 02) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5K PRO Motherboard
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
    I/O ports at b000 [size=8]
    I/O ports at ac00 [size=4]
    I/O ports at a880 [size=8]
    I/O ports at a800 [size=4]
    I/O ports at a480 [size=16]
    I/O ports at a400 [size=16]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
    Kernel modules: pata_acpi

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1283 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device 100b
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 28
    Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
    Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
    Memory at f8000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
    I/O ports at cc00 [size=128]
    [virtual] Expansion ROM at fe000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: nouveau
    Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau

01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller (rev a1)
    Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
    Memory at fe9fc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
    Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet (rev b0)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P5KPL-VM Motherboard
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 30
    Memory at feac0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
    Expansion ROM at feaa0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: atl1
    Kernel modules: atl1

03:00.0 IDE interface: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB368 IDE controller (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. JMB368 IDE controller
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
    I/O ports at dc00 [size=8]
    I/O ports at d880 [size=4]
    I/O ports at d800 [size=8]
    I/O ports at d480 [size=4]
    I/O ports at d400 [size=16]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: pata_jmicron
    Kernel modules: pata_jmicron, pata_acpi

05:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev c0) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Motherboard
    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
    Memory at febff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
    I/O ports at ec00 [size=128]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
    Kernel modules: firewire_ohci

[QIII]

What is the nomenclature of the device you believe is installed?

If it is quite new, it may not be properly identified.

[Yellow Pasque]

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1283 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
...
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller (rev a1)

It's obviously some sort of Nvidia GPU based on the GK208 core (used in low end GPU's like Geforce GT 720). The ID is 10de:1283, which I don't see in the database. Googling gives the name D15M2-10. *shrug*

In general, what's the next step when lspci says something this cryptic?

Run this to update the latest copy of the PCI ID database and then look at lspci again. I don't think it will help in this case though.

sudo update-pciids

[ajgreeny]

Just my attempt to move this on a bit; do you have a display problem of any sort with the nouveau driver which is what you're using at the moment, and have you looked in Additional Drivers to see if there is any nvidia driver available to use which might be better than the nouveau?

[orthoducks]

QIII: If by "nomenclature" you mean what's printed on the board, there's nothing but "NVIDIA" and various alphanumeric strings that Google didn't find meaningful. It appears to be an NVIDIA board, not just a board with an NVIDIA GPU, but it has no printed identification. I've looked at a lot of NVIDIA boards, and none of them do.

It's likely to be old, but not new. It was headed for the recycler when I rescued it.

I updated pciids a whole 10 minutes before I ran lspci. Updating it again isn't likely to help!

AJ: There's no problem at all with the board. The "problem" is with lspci and other diagnostic software in/for Ubuntu: I'm trying to learn to use the tools effectively, and my installed display adapter seemed like a logical place to start.

[Yellow Pasque]

It's likely to be old, but not new. It was headed for the recycler when I rescued it.

If it really is a GK208-based GPU, then it's likely not original to the system since the Asus P5K boards are about 2008, and GK208 products debuted around 2013-2014.
I think the next place I'd look for a clue is the /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Maybe the Video BIOS strings will give more information.

[orthoducks]

I can guarantee that it's not original to the system, because I assembled the "system" from components over the past few weeks. Mobo/CPU/RAM, case/PSU, HDD, DVD, and display adapter probably never met each other until I introduced them.

[Yellow Pasque]

So you found a card, had little idea what it was and stuck it in your system? LOL "It's got a VGA/DVI port(s), so it's probably a video card."
Anyway, did you look at the Xorg log? Please share it (with code tags) if you want further help. Quite honestly, I don't think you're going to get anything more specific than what we've told you.
If you can't tell from looking at list of Geforce 600/700 series, Nvidia loves to play rebadging games with model numbers, especially with their lower end products, to confuse consumers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ocessing_units