Xubuntu 14.04 Beta 1 and NVidia Quadro 410

Tue Mar 4 18:05:32 UTC 2014

Lutz,

Sometimes, the nvidia card is sufficiently old that ubiquity and X
cannot figure it out automatically.  I realize that your time is
important to you but have you tried using Ctrl-Alt-Fn (n = 1..6) to get
a command line login from `getty`?  This should work in spite of the
graphics issues with the primary tty X session.  It would be useful to
collect the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file for attaching to a bug report.  Did
X try to use the current nvidia card driver?  Or did it completely blow
it and select fb (frame buffer), intel, modesetting, or something else?

If Ctrl-Alt-Fn fails (X is hosed, even for keyboard and/or vga use),
then, if you are comfortable with this, you could try booting up in
lower-res (vga) or single-user mode (command-line only) in order to try
to see what's going wrong and take remedial action.  You should still
have network connectivity so manual `apt-get` installs are an option to
remedy the situation.

Also, please note URL
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-275.09.07-driver

The above link is for the latest nvidia display driver for Linux that
seems to cover your card: 
*GeForce 400 series:*
GTX 480, GTX 470, GTX 465, GTX 460 SE, GTX 460, GTS 450, GT 440, GT 430,
GT 420, 405

*GeForce 400M series:*
GTX 485M, GTX 480M, GTX 470M, GTX 460M, GT 445M, GT 435M, GT 425M, GT
420M, GT 415M, 410M - See more at:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-275.09.07-driver#sthash.AC4uN4zO.dpuf
* GeForce 400 series: GTX 480, GTX 470, GTX 465, GTX 460 SE, GTX 460,
GTS 450, GT 440, GT 430, GT 420, 405
* GeForce 400M series: GTX 485M, GTX 480M, GTX 470M, GTX 460M, GT 445M,
GT 435M, GT 425M, GT 420M, GT 415M, 410M
*GeForce 400 series:*
GTX 480, GTX 470, GTX 465, GTX 460 SE, GTX 460, GTS 450, GT 440, GT 430,
GT 420, 405

*GeForce 400M series:*
GTX 485M, GTX 480M, GTX 470M, GTX 460M, GT 445M, GT 435M, GT 425M, GT
420M, GT 415M, 410M - See more at:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-275.09.07-driver#sthash.AC4uN4zO.dpuf
*GeForce 400 series:*
GTX 480, GTX 470, GTX 465, GTX 460 SE, GTX 460, GTS 450, GT 440, GT 430,
GT 420, 405

*GeForce 400M series:*
GTX 485M, GTX 480M, GTX 470M, GTX 460M, GT 445M, GT 435M, GT 425M, GT
420M, GT 415M, 410M - See more at:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-275.09.07-driver#sthash.AC4uN4zO.dpuf

You might try installing it and see if Xubuntu/XFCE/X works better with
this driver.

Best wishes,

Richard

On 03/04/2014 08:04 AM, Lutz Andersohn wrote:
> Good to know.
>
> I just tried to install on a PC (not a laptop which unexpectedly
> became available) and the graphics crashes: screen is totally garbled
> when trying to boot from the DVD at the first screen (selection
> whether to try or install). During the boot I got some console
> messages about GPU lockup switching to fb??? (didn't catch the whole
> thing). I don't really know whether the system is still responsive
> cause I can't click anything.
>
> Graphics card is an NVidia  Quadro 410 running on an AMD Athlon II CPU
> (Dell Inspiron 570)
>
>
> *Lutz Andersohn*
>
> lutz.andersohn at gmail.com
> (925) 784 1565
> D-19318, AFF-I
>
> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/b65/2b6 Public key ID: 0x9620D1A6
> On 03/04/2014 01:54 AM, André Nording wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> tested the scroll down on a Dell XT2 Convertible and  an logitech RX
>> 300 Mouse. The windows do not jump on my installation. Gnumeric is
>> not jumping also.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> André
>>
>> On 03.03.2014 22:13, Lutz Andersohn wrote:
>>> I couldn't install on real hardware, only on VirtualBox.
>>> Couple of observations
>>>
>>> The installer DVD still displays 13.10. Not sure when this is
>>> planned to change, just thought I mention it. I was confused the
>>> first time I installed alpha 2, I epxected something like "14.04 A2"
>>>
>>> There seems to be something funny going with the mouse scroll wheel:
>>> if I scroll down too fast, the menu first jumps up before it scrolls
>>> down. As a result, when at the bottom of a list and still scrolling
>>> it keeps looping over the last few entries. Very annoying to me. I
>>> noticed it first in the applet list trying to install a new panel
>>> applet. When I moved the mousewheel real fast in the file open
>>> dialog from gnumeric, I could make the main gnumeric window jump to
>>> different places on the desktop.
>>> This is VirtualBox, though, so it may be a virtualBox driver problem
>>> but I have not seen that in other version of xubuntu under virtual box.
>>>
>>> Othrwise it looks great.
>>>
>>> I do have a question:
>>> is anybody testing the behavior of NVidia Optimus support
>>> (bumblebee)with the kernel that gets released? I did see some posts
>>> that bumblebee has a probem with kernel 3.13 and bumblebee not
>>> working would throw me a curve ball when I need to upgrade my main
>>> machine because as 12.04 EOL.
>>> Ditto with wireless. In all my previous updates wireless support
>>> never worked out of the box.
>>> I realise this is probably the ubuntu folks and beyond xubuntu's
>>> scope but may be a consideration for kernel selection (I read a lot
>>> of bumblebee problems with kernel 3.13).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> *Lutz Andersohn*
>>>
>>> lutz.andersohn at gmail.com
>>> (925) 784 1565
>>> D-19318, AFF-I
>>>
>>> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/b65/2b6 Public key ID: 0x9620D1A6
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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