[mythtv-users] Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy upgrade giving me "ubuntu is running in low-graphics mode" errors

Greene, David Cameron dcgreene at indiana.edu
Mon Nov 26 16:57:31 UTC 2007


Alien Anchor wrote:
> I just tried upgrading my Ubuntu MythTV box today from 7.04 to 7.10.
> Every time GDM starts x.org <http://x.org/>, I get this "ubuntu is
> running in low-graphics mode" error message. I can't figure out how to
> make it stop. I have a sane xorg.conf that I made by using Powerstrip to
> figure out the correct modeline for my HDTV. It's been working for
> month, but not Ubuntu refuses to use it. It seems like it's trying and
> failing to autodetect, rather than just use the xorg.conf file I give
> it. I've searched all day for answers. I've tried doing
> "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" to no avail. I've tried using the tool
> that comes up to configure my X settings. I can't seem to get it to even
> use my xorg.conf. It always uses xorg.cong.failsafe.
>
> FYI, I have an nVidia GeForce FX 5200 and I'm using a DVI to HDMI cable
> to connect to my JVC HDTV.
>
> Attached is my xorg.conf.
>
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|What's particularly more important at this time is the log files
|/var/log/Xorg.0.log*).  There should be two log files, Attach both.

|Low was your driver installed before?  By hand?  By linux-restricted-|modules?
|By envy?  By automatix (shrug...)

|The only "supported" upgrade route with drivers like that is by
|linux-restricted-modules, but that doesn't mean things can't be resolved if |you
|did it one of these alternate methods.
|--
|Mario Limonciello
|mario.mailing at gmail.com


I just had to downgrade my Nvidia drivers and had a similar problem with the "low graphics mode" popping up.  For me, the issue was adding nv and nvidia_new to the restricted drivers file along with removing /etc/init.d/nvidia-kernel

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=72490

quote:

If you wish to install the NVIDIA Linux graphics driver on a Debian GNU/Linux or Ubuntu system that ships with Xorg 7.x, please ensure that your system meets the following requirements:

    * development tools like make and gcc are installed
    * the linux-headers package matching the installed Linux kernel is installed
    * the pkg-config and xserver-xorg-dev packages are installed
    * the nvidia-glx package has been uninstalled with the --purge option and the files /etc/init.d/nvidia-glx and /etc/init.d/nvidia-kernel do not exist

If you use Ubuntu, please also ensure that the linux-restricted-modules or linux-restricted-modules-common packages have been uninstalled. Alternatively, you can edit the /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules or /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common configuration file and disable the NVIDIA linux-restricted kernel modules (nvidia, nvidia_legacy) via:

    DISABLED_MODULES="nv nvidia_new"

Additionally, delete the following file if it exists:

    /lib/linux-restricted-modules/.nvidia_new_installed



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