My Graphis Card is displaying incorrectly

I am a Ubuntu newby and am trying to resurrect an old HP Notebook. When I log into Ubuntu I get horizontal lines across the screen and all apps have the same problem making it difficult to work with Ubuntu. The problem started when I upgrades to Ubuntu 20.04 so I reinstalled the upgrade but the problem persisted. I then went back and reinstalled 19.10 but the problem still persisted. I have now gone back to 18.04 and the problem appears to be less obvious but does still occur from time to time. I have not been able to identify any specific patterns to the problem. Following is the output from the Graphics Troubleshooting Procedure Step 2.

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation G73M [GeForce Go 7600] [10de:0398] (rev a1)
 Kernel driver in use: nouveau
 Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau
Linux billt-HP-Pavilion-dv9000-GG192PA-ABG 5.3.0-61-generic #55~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jun 22 16:40:20 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
/usr/lib/xorg/Xorg.wrap: Only console users are allowed to run the X server
[sudo] password for billt:
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System: Host: billt-HP-Pavilion-dv9000-GG192PA-ABG Kernel: 5.3.0-61-generic x86_64
           bits: 64
           Desktop: Gnome 3.28.4 Distro: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
Machine: Device: laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion dv9000 (GG192PA#ABG) v: Rev 1 serial: N/A
           Mobo: Quanta model: 30BD v: 66.42 serial: N/A
           BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: F.2D date: 11/26/2008
Battery BAT0: charge: 5.7 Wh 100.0% condition: 5.7/88.8 Wh (6%)
CPU: Dual core Intel Core2 T7200 (-MCP-) cache: 4096 KB
           clock speeds: max: 2000 MHz 1: 1007 MHz 2: 1014 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA G73M [GeForce Go 7600]
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.20.8 ) driver: nouveau
           Resolution: 1440x900@59.90hz
           OpenGL: renderer: NV4B version: 2.1 Mesa 19.2.8
Audio: Card Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Def. Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k5.3.0-61-generic
Network: Card-1: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
           driver: iwl3945
           IF: wlp2s0 state: down mac: 00:19:d2:ad:8a:3a
           Card-2: Intel 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: e1000e
           IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full
           mac: 00:1b:24:18:7f:06
Drives: HDD Total Size: 440.1GB (1.7% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: FUJITSU_MHV2120B size: 120.0GB
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD3200BEVT size: 320.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 109G used: 5.9G (6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 1.02GB used: 0.00GB (0%)
           fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-1
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 54.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 244 Uptime: 10 min Memory: 1428.4/2989.6MB
           Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.56

mode "1440x900"
    geometry 1440 900 1440 900 32
    timings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    accel true
    rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,0/0
endmode

Frame buffer device information:
    Name : nouveaudrmfb
    Address : 0
    Size : 5300224
    Type : PACKED PIXELS
    Visual : TRUECOLOR
    XPanStep : 1
    YPanStep : 1
    YWrapStep : 0
    LineLength : 5888
    Accelerator : No
Version: 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1
Version: 1:7.7+19ubuntu7
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1440 x 900, maximum 4096 x 4096
LVDS-1 connected primary 1440x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 367mm x 230mm
   1440x900 59.90*+
   1152x864 59.97
   1024x768 59.95
   800x600 59.96
   640x480 59.94
   720x400 59.97
   640x400 59.96
   640x350 59.84
VGA-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
TV-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
fglrxinfo: command not found

Command 'nvidia-settings' not found, but can be installed with:

sudo apt install nvidia-settings

H/W path Device Class Description
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                             system HP Pavilion dv9000 (GG192PA#ABG) (GG
/0 bus 30BD
/0/0 memory 100KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200
/0/4/5 memory 32KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 4MiB L2 cache
/0/d memory 4GiB System Memory
/0/d/0 memory 2GiB DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 667 MHz (
/0/d/1 memory 2GiB DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 667 MHz (
/0/100 bridge Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and
/0/100/1 bridge Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and
/0/100/1/0 display G73M [GeForce Go 7600]
/0/100/1b multimedia NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Aud
/0/100/1c bridge NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1
/0/100/1c/0 wlp2s0 network PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network
/0/100/1c.1 bridge NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 2
/0/100/1c.2 bridge NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 3
/0/100/1c.2/0 enp5s0 network 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
/0/100/1d bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d/1 usb2 bus UHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d.1 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.1/1 usb3 bus UHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d.2 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.2/1 usb4 bus UHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d.2/1/2 communication HP Integrated Module
/0/100/1d.3 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller
/0/100/1d.3/1 usb5 bus UHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d.7 bus NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controlle
/0/100/1d.7/1 usb1 bus EHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d.7/1/4 multimedia USB 2.0 Camera
/0/100/1e bridge 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
/0/100/1e/5 bus R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
/0/100/1e/5.1 generic R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Ada
/0/100/1e/5.2 generic R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter
/0/100/1e/5.3 generic xD-Picture Card Controller
/0/100/1f bridge 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Brid
/0/100/1f.1 storage 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller
/0/100/1f.2 storage 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Co
/0/100/1f.3 bus NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller
/0/1 scsi0 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVD A DS8AZH
/0/2 scsi2 storage
/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 120GB FUJITSU MHV2120B
/0/2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 111GiB Linux LVM Physical Volume par
/0/3 scsi4 storage
/0/3/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk 320GB WDC WD3200BEVT-0
/0/3/0.0.0/1 /dev/sdb1 volume 191GiB EXT4 volume
/0/3/0.0.0/2 /dev/sdb2 volume 512MiB Windows FAT volume
/0/3/0.0.0/3 /dev/sdb3 volume 105GiB Extended partition
/0/3/0.0.0/3/5 /dev/sdb5 volume 105GiB EXT4 volume
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: G73M [GeForce Go 7600]
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: a1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0
       resources: irq:32 memory:dd000000-ddffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:dc000000-dcffffff ioport:2000(size=128) memory:c0000-dffff
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ii xserver-xorg-video-intel-hwe-18.04 2:2.99.917+git20171229-1ubuntu1~18.04.1 amd64 X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx display driver
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ii xserver-xorg-video-radeon-hwe-18.04 1:19.0.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 amd64 X.Org X server -- AMD/ATI Radeon display driver
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[ 0.031866] ACPI: FACP 0x00000000BFE83BF8 0000F4 (v03 INTEL CALISTGA 06040000 ALAN 00000001)
[ 0.031941] ACPI: BIOS bug: multiple APIC/MADT found, using 0
[ 0.297773] smpboot: CPU0: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz (family: 0x6, model: 0xf, stepping: 0x6)
[ 0.297985] Performance Events: PEBS fmt0-, Core2 events, 4-deep LBR, Intel PMU driver.
[ 0.322895] ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
[ 0.327517] PCI: Using host bridge windows from ACPI; if necessary, use "pci=nocrs" and report a bug
[ 0.342427] acpi PNP0A08:00: _OSC: OS supports [ExtendedConfig ASPM ClockPM Segments MSI HPX-Type3]
[ 0.342444] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\_SB.PCI0._OSC.Z012], AE_NOT_FOUND (20190703/psargs-330)
[ 0.342482] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PCI0._OSC due to previous error (AE_NOT_FOUND) (20190703/psparse-531)
[ 0.342494] acpi PNP0A08:00: _OSC failed (AE_NOT_FOUND); disabling ASPM
[ 0.351865] pci 0000:01:00.0: vgaarb: setting as boot VGA device
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[ 0.351865] pci 0000:01:00.0: vgaarb: bridge control possible
[ 0.351865] vgaarb: loaded
[ 0.401775] pci 0000:01:00.0: BAR 6: failed to assign [mem size 0x00020000 pref]
[ 1.306760] vesafb: mode is 1024x768x32, linelength=4096, pages=0
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[ 1.306763] vesafb: Truecolor: size=8:8:8:8, shift=24:16:8:0
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[ 1.306858] fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
[ 1.306880] intel_idle: does not run on family 6 model 15
[ 1.330236] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
[ 1.370122] intel_pstate: CPU model not supported
[ 1.380628] Segment Routing with IPv6
[ 1.381040] RAS: Correctable Errors collector initialized.
[ 1.833938] ACPI: Video Device [VGA] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
[ 1.910990] mmc0 bounce up to 128 segments into one, max segment size 65536 bytes
[ 1.911095] e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 3.2.6-k
[ 1.911096] e1000e: Copyright(c) 1999 - 2015 Intel Corporation.
[ 2.020042] e1000e 0000:05:00.0 eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
[ 10.173856] EXT4-fs (dm-0): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
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[ 22.481189] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, in-tree:s
[ 22.481191] iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2011 Intel Corporation
[ 22.522186] iwl3945 0000:02:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3945ABG
[ 23.391589] input: HDA Intel Front Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input9
[ 24.359437] fb0: switching to nouveaufb from VESA VGA
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[ 24.437249] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 05: 0340
[ 24.437251] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 06: 1431
[ 24.437253] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 07: 1561
[ 24.437255] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 08: 0662
[ 24.437982] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: MM: using M2MF for buffer copies
[ 24.440956] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: Calling LVDS script 6:
[ 24.440960] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: 0xC1A5: Parsing digital output script table
[ 24.718808] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: Setting dpms mode 3 on TV encoder (output 3)
[ 24.826498] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: allocated 1440x900 fb: 0x9000, bo 0000000044fd2177
[ 24.828482] fbcon: nouveaudrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[ 24.830382] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fb0: nouveaudrmfb frame buffer device
[ 24.864464] [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.3.1 20120801 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0
[ 24.866704] intel_powerclamp: No package C-state available
[ 24.902670] intel_powerclamp: No package C-state available
[ 24.966393] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: Calling LVDS script 2:
[ 24.966398] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: 0xC21B: Parsing digital output script table
[ 25.113280] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: Calling LVDS script 5:
[ 25.113284] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: 0xC196: Parsing digital output script table
[ 221.817985] SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, realtime, no debug enabled
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz
cat: /var/log/Xorg.0.log: No such file or directory
 Release Date: 11/26/2008
  Serial services are supported (int 14h)
 Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
 Product Name: HP Pavilion dv9000 (GG192PA#ABG)
 Serial Number: CNF7142CH9
 Manufacturer: Quanta
 Product Name: 30BD
 Serial Number: None
 Manufacturer: Quanta
 Serial Number: None
 Manufacturer: Intel
 Serial Number: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: Not Specified
 Serial Number: Not Specified
 Manufacturer: Not Specified
 Serial Number: Not Specified
cat: /etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory
OpenGL vendor string: nouveau
OpenGL renderer string: NV4B
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 19.2.8

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
Support status summary of 'billt-HP-Pavilion-dv9000-GG192PA-ABG':

You have 1603 packages (99.4%) supported until April 2023 (Canonical - 5y)
You have 3 packages (0.2%) supported until April 2021 (Canonical - 3y)
You have 5 packages (0.3%) supported until April 2021 (Community - 3y)

You have 0 packages (0.0%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 1 packages (0.1%) that are unsupported

Your Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) is supported until April 2023.

Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details
Module Size Used by
cpuid 16384 0
btrfs 1236992 0
xor 24576 1 btrfs
zstd_compress 163840 1 btrfs
raid6_pq 114688 1 btrfs
ufs 81920 0
qnx4 16384 0
hfsplus 110592 0
hfs 61440 0
minix 36864 0
ntfs 106496 0
msdos 20480 0
jfs 192512 0
xfs 1273856 0
libcrc32c 16384 2 btrfs,xfs
rfcomm 81920 4
bnep 24576 2
nouveau 1892352 14
uvcvideo 94208 0
coretemp 20480 0
mxm_wmi 16384 1 nouveau
v4l2_common 16384 1 uvcvideo
ttm 102400 1 nouveau
kvm_intel 245760 0
videobuf2_vmalloc 20480 1 uvcvideo
drm_kms_helper 180224 1 nouveau
kvm 655360 1 kvm_intel
videobuf2_memops 20480 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
drm 491520 17 drm_kms_helper,ttm,nouveau
snd_hda_codec_conexant 28672 1
irqbypass 16384 1 kvm
videobuf2_v4l2 24576 1 uvcvideo
snd_hda_codec_generic 81920 1 snd_hda_codec_conexant
videobuf2_common 49152 2 videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo
ledtrig_audio 16384 2 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_conexant
i2c_algo_bit 16384 1 nouveau
videodev 208896 4 v4l2_common,videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
fb_sys_fops 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
joydev 28672 0
input_leds 16384 0
snd_hda_intel 53248 6
mc 53248 4 videodev,videobuf2_v4l2,uvcvideo,videobuf2_common
r852 24576 0
syscopyarea 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
snd_intel_dspcfg 24576 1 snd_hda_intel
hp_wmi 16384 0
serio_raw 20480 0
snd_hda_codec 131072 3 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
sm_common 16384 1 r852
sysfillrect 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
sparse_keymap 16384 1 hp_wmi
snd_hda_core 90112 4 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
nand 106496 2 r852,sm_common
wmi_bmof 16384 0
nand_ecc 16384 1 nand
snd_hwdep 20480 1 snd_hda_codec
bch 24576 1 nand
sysimgblt 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
iwl3945 73728 0
btusb 57344 0
r592 20480 0
btrtl 20480 1 btusb
iwlegacy 98304 1 iwl3945
nandcore 16384 1 nand
btbcm 16384 1 btusb
mac80211 847872 2 iwl3945,iwlegacy
snd_pcm 102400 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
mtd 65536 2 nand,sm_common
btintel 24576 1 btusb
bluetooth 573440 31 btrtl,btintel,btbcm,bnep,btusb,rfcomm
memstick 20480 1 r592
ecdh_generic 16384 1 bluetooth
cfg80211 704512 3 iwl3945,iwlegacy,mac80211
snd_seq_midi 20480 0
ecc 32768 1 ecdh_generic
snd_seq_midi_event 16384 1 snd_seq_midi
libarc4 16384 1 mac80211
snd_rawmidi 36864 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 69632 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
lpc_ich 24576 0
snd_seq_device 16384 3 snd_seq,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi
snd_timer 36864 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 86016 22 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_seq,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi
soundcore 16384 1 snd
mac_hid 16384 0
sch_fq_codel 20480 6
parport_pc 40960 0
ppdev 24576 0
lp 20480 0
parport 53248 3 parport_pc,lp,ppdev
ip_tables 32768 0
x_tables 40960 1 ip_tables
autofs4 45056 2
psmouse 151552 0
firewire_ohci 40960 0
sdhci_pci 45056 0
ahci 40960 1
e1000e 253952 0
cqhci 28672 1 sdhci_pci
firewire_core 65536 1 firewire_ohci
libahci 32768 1 ahci
pata_acpi 16384 0
sdhci 57344 1 sdhci_pci
crc_itu_t 16384 1 firewire_core
wmi 32768 4 hp_wmi,wmi_bmof,mxm_wmi,nouveau
video 49152 1 nouveau

The notebook that is running Ubuntu is a HP Pavillion DV9000 and Ubuntu is installed on the Hard Drive.

Hopefully someone has had a similar problem and there is a fix. If it is the Graphics Card then it probably isn't worth replacing.