<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> 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 <a href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-275.09.07-driver">http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-275.09.07-driver</a> The above link is for the latest nvidia display driver for Linux that seems to cover your card: <div style="position: absolute; top: -1999px; left: -1988px;" id="stcpDiv">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: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-275.09.07-driver#sthash.AC4uN4zO.dpuf">http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-275.09.07-driver#sthash.AC4uN4zO.dpuf</a></div> * 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 <div style="position: absolute; top: -1999px; left: -1988px;" id="stcpDiv">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: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-275.09.07-driver#sthash.AC4uN4zO.dpuf">http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-275.09.07-driver#sthash.AC4uN4zO.dpuf</a></div> <div style="position: absolute; top: -1999px; left: -1988px;" id="stcpDiv">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: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-275.09.07-driver#sthash.AC4uN4zO.dpuf">http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux-display-amd64-275.09.07-driver#sthash.AC4uN4zO.dpuf</a></div> You might try installing it and see if Xubuntu/XFCE/X works better with this driver. Best wishes, Richard <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/04/2014 08:04 AM, Lutz Andersohn wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:5315DD86.8040009@gmail.com" type="cite"> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">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) <div class="moz-signature">Lutz Andersohn <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lutz.andersohn@gmail.com">lutz.andersohn@gmail.com</a> (925) 784 1565 D-19318, AFF-I <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/b65/2b6">http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/b65/2b6</a> Public key ID: 0x9620D1A6</div> On 03/04/2014 01:54 AM, André Nording wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:531586BC.3010506@web.de" type="cite"> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">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: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:5314F067.2020209@gmail.com" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> 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). <div class="moz-signature">-- Lutz Andersohn <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lutz.andersohn@gmail.com">lutz.andersohn@gmail.com</a> (925) 784 1565 D-19318, AFF-I <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/b65/2b6">http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/b65/2b6</a> Public key ID: 0x9620D1A6</div> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> </blockquote> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> </blockquote> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> </blockquote> </body> </html>