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Asked by Alwyn on 2007-06-01

Using the same ubuntu installation CD I get differences between the 20G IDE drive and the 40G SCSI drive in my desktop computer. Booting from the IDE drive everything works 100% except that the selectable screen resolutions has only 3 choices. Booting from SCSI drive there are significantly more resolutions to choose from. How is this possible in the same computer? Also the log off button in the top right hand corner is a small exit door when booting from the IDE and an on/off button when booting from the SCSI. I had no problem installing AVG free antivirus (Linux version) on the IDE drive and it works 100%. Installing the same on the SCSI drive worked but the program will NOT run when I click it! The network connection works 100% on both drives. Both are set up with the same passwords. I can not understand why the differences between the 2 drives exist.

Ps. The computer is a HP server tc2110 set up as a desktop. I added the IDE drive later.

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Markus Thielmann (thielmann) said : #1

Thanks for your question.

There are a few possible answers to your experience:

1) You're using to different Ubuntu distributions, e.g. Feisty and Edgy, on the drives
2) You've updates one of the two installations from a previous installation, say from Edgy to Feisty (which keeps some of your preferences)
3) Both installations are not on the same update level. Try updating both installations with "sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade".

Alwyn (tccermelo) said : #2

Thanks Markus.
I am new to Linux so please excuse my lack of understanding. The answer to the 3 suggestions are as follows:

1) I have used the exact same installation CD. (As I can figure out it is the feisty distribution downloaded from the web)
2) The was NO Linux installation on either IDE or SCSI drives. (Used to be MS windows 98)
3. Doing the sudo update & upgrade solved the problem with AVG anti virus. It now runs on both disks. Thank you very much!

The different log off buttons is still there (this is no problem) and the different selectable screen resolutions also exist. Booting from the IDE drive I still have only 3 resolution choices but booting from the SCSI there is 10 resolution choices that can be selected. This is not a big problem but I don't understand why this is the case. I would like to be able to do the same resolutions from both drives.

Markus Thielmann (thielmann) said : #3

Thanks for your reply.

After you've updated one system, did you log out and log in back? Or even better: Please restart. Does it still show the old icon? Do you still have different selection for the resolution?

If so, please add the output of

1) lsmod
2) lspci

to this question.

Markus Thielmann (thielmann) said : #4

(Please add the output of lsmod and lspci for *both* installations!)

Alwyn (tccermelo) said : #5

Thank you for your reply. The icon and screen resolution problem is the same after a restart.

What do you mean by Ismod and Ispci? What output should I add this to and how?

Markus Thielmann (thielmann) said : #6

1) Open a terminal (Applications->Accessories)
2) Paste the first command to the terminal
3) Press enter
4) Mark the output of the command and paste it back to this question
5) Paste the second command to the terminal
6) Press enter
7) Mark the output of the command and paste it back to this question

To see copy and paste in action, have a look at this short screencast: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8851055906542319438

Please notice that it is "LSMOD" and "LSPCI", just in lowercase (that's important!). Not "ISMOD" and "ISPCI" like you wrote.

Just copy, paste and report back:

1) lsmod
2) lspci

Alwyn (tccermelo) said : #7

This is what I got:

alwyn@alwyn-desktop:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
ipv6 268960 10
binfmt_misc 12680 1
rfcomm 40856 0
l2cap 25728 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 55908 4 rfcomm,l2cap
ppdev 10116 0
speedstep_lib 6148 0
cpufreq_ondemand 9228 0
cpufreq_conservative 8200 0
cpufreq_powersave 2688 0
cpufreq_userspace 5408 0
cpufreq_stats 7360 0
freq_table 5792 2 cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
tc1100_wmi 8068 0
dev_acpi 12292 0
pcc_acpi 13184 0
sony_acpi 6284 0
button 8720 0
sbs 15652 0
container 5248 0
video 16388 0
battery 10756 0
ac 6020 0
asus_acpi 17308 0
backlight 7040 1 asus_acpi
i2c_ec 6016 1 sbs
dock 10268 0
sg 36252 0
sd_mod 23428 0
lp 12452 0
fuse 46612 0
parport_pc 36388 1
parport 36936 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
psmouse 38920 0
serio_raw 7940 0
pcspkr 4224 0
intel_agp 25244 1
agpgart 35400 1 intel_agp
i2c_core 22656 1 i2c_ec
intel_rng 6528 0
iTCO_wdt 11812 0
iTCO_vendor_support 4868 1 iTCO_wdt
shpchp 34324 0
pci_hotplug 32576 1 shpchp
af_packet 23816 4
tsdev 8768 0
evdev 11008 4
ext3 133128 1
jbd 59816 1 ext3
mbcache 9604 1 ext3
ide_cd 32672 0
cdrom 37664 1 ide_cd
ide_disk 17024 3
ata_generic 9092 0
libata 125720 1 ata_generic
floppy 59524 0
aic7xxx 178008 0
scsi_transport_spi 25216 1 aic7xxx
scsi_mod 142348 5 sg,sd_mod,libata,aic7xxx,scsi_transport_spi
e100 36232 0
mii 6528 1 e100
uhci_hcd 25360 0
usbcore 134280 2 uhci_hcd
piix 11140 0 [permanent]
generic 5124 0 [permanent]
thermal 14856 0
processor 31048 1 thermal
fan 5636 0
fbcon 42656 0
tileblit 3584 1 fbcon
font 9216 1 fbcon
bitblit 6912 1 fbcon
softcursor 3200 1 bitblit
vesafb 9220 0
capability 5896 0
commoncap 8192 1 capability
alwyn@alwyn-desktop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 12)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 12)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 12)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 12)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 12)
00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 12)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
02:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08)
02:0b.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7892A U160/m (rev 02)
alwyn@alwyn-desktop:~$

I hope this is correct. Thank you for your trouble!

Markus Thielmann (thielmann) said : #8

Allright, very good. Now please boot the other drive and do this again.

Alwyn (tccermelo) said : #9

This is what I got booting from the SCSI drive:

alwyn@alwyn-desktop:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 12680 1
rfcomm 40856 0
l2cap 25728 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 55908 4 rfcomm,l2cap
ppdev 10116 0
speedstep_lib 6148 0
cpufreq_stats 7360 0
cpufreq_powersave 2688 0
cpufreq_ondemand 9228 0
cpufreq_userspace 5408 0
cpufreq_conservative 8200 0
freq_table 5792 2 cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
dev_acpi 12292 0
pcc_acpi 13184 0
tc1100_wmi 8068 0
sony_acpi 6284 0
dock 10268 0
video 16388 0
container 5248 0
button 8720 0
asus_acpi 17308 0
sbs 15652 0
backlight 7040 1 asus_acpi
ac 6020 0
battery 10756 0
i2c_ec 6016 1 sbs
lp 12452 0
fuse 46612 0
parport_pc 36388 1
serio_raw 7940 0
parport 36936 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
i2c_core 22656 1 i2c_ec
intel_agp 25244 1
psmouse 38920 0
pcspkr 4224 0
iTCO_wdt 11812 0
iTCO_vendor_support 4868 1 iTCO_wdt
agpgart 35400 1 intel_agp
intel_rng 6528 0
shpchp 34324 0
pci_hotplug 32576 1 shpchp
af_packet 23816 4
ipv6 268960 8
evdev 11008 4
tsdev 8768 0
ext3 133128 1
jbd 59816 1 ext3
mbcache 9604 1 ext3
sg 36252 0
sd_mod 23428 3
ide_cd 32672 0
cdrom 37664 1 ide_cd
ide_disk 17024 0
ata_generic 9092 0
libata 125720 1 ata_generic
generic 5124 0 [permanent]
floppy 59524 0
aic7xxx 178008 2
scsi_transport_spi 25216 1 aic7xxx
scsi_mod 142348 5 sg,sd_mod,libata,aic7xxx,scsi_transport_spi
e100 36232 0
mii 6528 1 e100
uhci_hcd 25360 0
usbcore 134280 2 uhci_hcd
piix 11140 0 [permanent]
thermal 14856 0
processor 31048 1 thermal
fan 5636 0
fbcon 42656 0
tileblit 3584 1 fbcon
font 9216 1 fbcon
bitblit 6912 1 fbcon
softcursor 3200 1 bitblit
vesafb 9220 0
capability 5896 0
commoncap 8192 1 capability
alwyn@alwyn-desktop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 12)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 12)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 12)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 12)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 12)
00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 12)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
02:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08)
02:0b.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7892A U160/m (rev 02)
alwyn@alwyn-desktop:~$

Thanx1

Markus Thielmann (thielmann) said : #10

Allright, last question (for both systems):

Please provide the content of /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

You may do so by running

1) gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Just copy and paste the content of the two files to this question.

Alwyn (tccermelo) said : #11

Hi Markus,

Sorry for coming back only now. (We are probably staying in different time zones). This is what I got from the IDE drive:

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf(5) manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
 # path to defoma fonts
 FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
 Load "i2c"
 Load "bitmap"
 Load "ddc"
 Load "dri"
 Load "extmod"
 Load "freetype"
 Load "glx"
 Load "int10"
 Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
 Driver "kbd"
 Option "CoreKeyboard"
 Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
 Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
 Option "XkbLayout" "za"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 Option "CorePointer"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
 Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
 Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
 Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Driver "wacom"
 Identifier "stylus"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
 Option "Type" "stylus"
 Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Driver "wacom"
 Identifier "eraser"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
 Option "Type" "eraser"
 Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Driver "wacom"
 Identifier "cursor"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
 Option "Type" "cursor"
 Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "nVidia Corporation NV6 [Vanta/Vanta LT]"
 Driver "nv"
 BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Generic Monitor"
 Option "DPMS"
 HorizSync 28-51
 VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Device "nVidia Corporation NV6 [Vanta/Vanta LT]"
 Monitor "Generic Monitor"
 DefaultDepth 24
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 1
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 4
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 8
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 15
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 16
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 24
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "Default Layout"
 Screen "Default Screen"
 InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
 InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
 InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
 InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
 InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
 Mode 0666
EndSection

 I will now boot from the SCSI drive and sent the same info to you.

Alwyn (tccermelo) said : #12

I am now on the SCSI drive and this is the info you requested:

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf(5) manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
 # path to defoma fonts
 FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
 Load "i2c"
 Load "bitmap"
 Load "ddc"
 Load "dri"
 Load "extmod"
 Load "freetype"
 Load "glx"
 Load "int10"
 Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
 Driver "kbd"
 Option "CoreKeyboard"
 Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
 Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
 Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 Option "CorePointer"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
 Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
 Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
 Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Driver "wacom"
 Identifier "stylus"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
 Option "Type" "stylus"
 Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Driver "wacom"
 Identifier "eraser"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
 Option "Type" "eraser"
 Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Driver "wacom"
 Identifier "cursor"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
 Option "Type" "cursor"
 Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]"
 Driver "nv"
 BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "SyncMaster"
 Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Device "nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]"
 Monitor "SyncMaster"
 DefaultDepth 24
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 1
  Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 4
  Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 8
  Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 15
  Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 16
  Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 24
  Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "Default Layout"
 Screen "Default Screen"
 InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
 InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
 InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
 InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
 InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
 Mode 0666
EndSection

I am very grateful for the trouble you are going through to help me. Even if this small problem can not be solved I am totally convinced that Linux is the way to go. I am also learning a lot through your help. My sincere gratitude, Alwyn Burger.

Best Markus Thielmann (thielmann) said : #13

Ah, here we go.

You xorg.conf files differ quite much.

a)

PC 1:
Option "XkbLayout" "za"
PC 2:
Option "XkbLayout" "us"

That totally unrelated to the bug, but you choose different Keyboard layouts for the two "drives"

b)
Drive !:
Identifier "nVidia Corporation NV6 [Vanta/Vanta LT]"

Drive 2:
Identifier "nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]"

Since both systems use the same driver ("nv") it's not important. But I'm wondering if you maybe changed the autodetected graphics card within installation? Since it's quite strange that the same installer should detect different graphics cards when there are different drives in action?

Drive 1:
Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Generic Monitor"
 Option "DPMS"
 HorizSync 28-51
 VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection

Section Screen
[...] covering all resolutions
EndSection

Drive 2:
Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "SyncMaster"
 Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section Screen
[...] covering up to 1280x1024
EndSection

Here we go. PC 1 limits the available resolutions to an detected monitor which is not able to show them.

Resolution:

Copy the file xorg.conf of Drive 2 to Drive 1 and everything will work fine.

If you're *absolutly* sure you didn't change any autodetection settings during installation, or if you are able to reproduce this behavior (would be *a lot* of work, since it would include reinstallation) you may have found a really hard to find bug.

Alwyn (tccermelo) said : #14

Thanks Markus Thielmann, that solved my question.

Alwyn (tccermelo) said : #15

The different keyboard selections is correct. I am sure that the different screen resolutions is NOT a bug. After I installed Linux on the IDE drive I had a problem with the Mitac screen and replaced it with a SyncMaster and then did the second installation on the SCSI drive. Am I correct to assume that this caused the problem? If so how would you get Linux to detect a new screen without re-installing?

(The exit buttons still differ but is no problem.)

My sincere thanks for all the trouble. I learnt a lot as a new Linux user and greatly appreciate your help. I am also very happy that I can now select the same resolutions for both drives.

Regards,
                   Alwyn Burger.

Markus Thielmann (thielmann) said : #16

Yes, you're correct. At least for the screen. :-)

You don't need a "redetection", since the detected graphics hardware is written to the xorg.conf file. Only once -at installation-. So if you just copy the xorg.conf file to the other drive, everything will work as if you did a new install with the right detection. There's no other source for X to get it's informations.

However, If you need the different keyboard layouts, just change the line according to your selection.