<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">I did some more work on this: - I could get 14.04 to install from a cold start (power off), instead of a reboot - Now that it is installed, it always boots from a power off state. Doing a restart, 50% of the time it freezes during boot - when it freezes, it's dead, I cannot get the console to come up per Richard's suggestion below. All this is using the nouveau driver, Have not had the chance yet to install the proprietary nvidia. Looks to me maybe some power or hardware init on the graphics card. <div class="moz-signature">Lutz Andersohn <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lutz.andersohn@gmail.com">lutz.andersohn@gmail.com</a> (925) 784 1565 D-19318, AFF-I <a 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 12:05 PM, Richard Elkins wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:531615EC.4050709@gmail.com" type="cite"> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> 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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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> </blockquote> </body> </html>