Nvidia settings are not persistent in 10.04.2 LTS

Forgot to mention I have tried this from the Nvidia GUI and from a terminal. Same result either way.

Sorry, also forgot to mention it is an x86/32 bit install.

Can you give the output of:

lsb_release -a; dpkg -l | grep nvidia

Have you considered trying Natty, the desktop support for both ends at the same time

On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 20:31 +0000, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #163803 on xserver-xorg-video-nv in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nv/+question/163803
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Can you give the output of:
>
> lsb_release -a; dpkg -l | grep nvidia
>
> Have you considered trying Natty, the desktop support for both ends at
> the same time
>
bmcclure@mac-air-laptop:~$ lsb_release -a; dpkg -l | grep nvidia
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid
ii nvidia-173-modaliases 173.14.22-0ubuntu11
Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-96-modaliases 96.43.17-0ubuntu1
Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-common 0.2.23
Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers
ii nvidia-current 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04
NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and
ii nvidia-current-modaliases 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04
Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org drive
ii nvidia-settings 195.36.08-0ubuntu2
Tool of configuring the NVIDIA graphics driv
bmcclure@mac-air-laptop:~$

As for Natty, it does not seem logical to me to reinstall and configure
because there is likely a bug in one package.

Thanks for your response.

B.J.

Ok and:

sudo lshw -C display

Thanks

On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 21:31 +0000, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #163803 on xserver-xorg-video-nv in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nv/+question/163803
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> actionparsnip requested more information:
> Ok and:
>
> sudo lshw -C display
>
> Thanks
>

bmcclure@mac-air-laptop:~$ sudo lshw -C display
[sudo] password for bmcclure:
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: nVidia Corporation
       vendor: nVidia Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       version: a2
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
       resources: irq:16 memory:92000000-92ffffff
memory:80000000-8fffffff(prefetchable)
memory:90000000-91ffffff(prefetchable) ioport:1000(size=128)
memory:93000000-9301ffff(prefetchable)
bmcclure@mac-air-laptop:~$

Per your request.

Thanks,
B.J.

Hmm, not useful. What is the make / model of the system please?

On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 22:01 +0000, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #163803 on xserver-xorg-video-nv in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nv/+question/163803
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> actionparsnip requested more information:
> Hmm, not useful. What is the make / model of the system please?
>

As stated in the original post, it's a Macbook Air. 11", 2 GB Ram, etc.
If there is a Model Number on it I can't find it.

bmcclure@mac-air-laptop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 0d60 (rev a1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Device 0d68 (rev a1)
00:01.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Device 0d6d (rev a1)
00:01.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Device 0d6e (rev a1)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Device 0d6f (rev a1)
00:01.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Device 0d70 (rev a1)
00:02.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Device 0d71 (rev a1)
00:02.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Device 0d72 (rev a1)
00:03.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 0d80 (rev a2)
00:03.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Device 0d7b (rev a1)
00:03.2 SMBus: nVidia Corporation Device 0d79 (rev a1)
00:03.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Device 0d69 (rev a1)
00:03.4 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation Device 0d7a (rev a1)
00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0d9c (rev a1)
00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0d9d (rev a2)
00:06.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0d9c (rev a1)
00:06.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0d9d (rev a2)
00:08.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation Device 0d94 (rev a2)
00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation Device 0d85 (rev a2)
00:0b.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Device 0d75 (rev a1)
00:15.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 0d9b (rev a1)
00:17.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation Device 0d76 (rev a1)
01:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Device 4353 (rev 01)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 08a3 (rev
a2)
bmcclure@mac-air-laptop:~$

Thanks again.

B.J.

Your nvidia chip is new and the 195 driver isn't cutting it. I suggest you reinstall Natty (Desktop support ends at the same time so you lose nothing there) and you will get the 270 driver which should make things good.

Alternatively you may be able to add a startup item to change the resolution for you (bit of a hack but should work)

On Wed, 2011-07-06 at 05:15 +0000, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #163803 on xserver-xorg-video-nv in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nv/+question/163803
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Your nvidia chip is new and the 195 driver isn't cutting it. I suggest
> you reinstall Natty (Desktop support ends at the same time so you lose
> nothing there) and you will get the 270 driver which should make things
> good.

Actually, the Ubuntu website says 6 months longer EOL for Lucid but that
is not a big issue.

I'm not in complete agreement that it is a driver issue. It acts as if
nouveau may be loading first and Nvidia just uses nouveau default res.
I will install Natty when I get back to the shop. Playing road warrior
at the moment and need the lappie .

Thanks for input and I will report back the results in a couple days.

B.J.

> Alternatively you may be able to add a startup item to change the
> resolution for you (bit of a hack but should work)
>

RHEL 6.0, Linux 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6.x86_64

You could blacklist the nouveau driver if you suspect it is causing an issue

Of course. Just need a little time. :-/

Thanks,
B.J.

On Wed, 2011-07-06 at 18:01 +0000, actionparsnip wrote:

> Your question #163803 on xserver-xorg-video-nv in Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nv/+question/163803
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> You could blacklist the nouveau driver if you suspect it is causing an
> issue
>

RHEL 6.0, Linux 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6.x86_64

Solved. Install of Natty went w/o a hitch and installed nvidia driver automagically. All is well. Thanks for the help.

B.J.

No worries, the driver in Lucid is not up to scratch for your video chip. Why you installed Lucid is anyone's guess.