Ubuntu dapper nvidia failure
I've been running dapper without any problems for several months, but after a recent kernel update, my X configuration stopped working.
I didn't reboot immediately after applying the kernel update, so I don't really remember when the update was applied and thus what it was.
And perhaps the update has nothing to do with the problem because I can't even get any video signal during the Bios part of the boot. Also, there is a long beep during boot.
Everything else seems to be working properly. Perhaps I need to get a new video card.
I tried removing and re-inserting the video card, but no luck. Here is an interesting line from dmesg:
[ 43.611885] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. [ 43.615672] NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter found!
Here is what lshw sees:
root@weasel:/var/log# lshw | grep product product: MS-7125 product: MS-7125 product: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ product: ( ) product: None product: None product: None product: None product: CK804 Memory Controller product: CK804 ISA Bridge product: CK804 SMBus product: CK804 USB Controller product: OHCI Host Controller product: Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical product: hp LaserJet 1160 series product: CK804 USB Controller product: EHCI Host Controller product: CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller product: CK804 IDE product: LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1693S product: CK804 Serial ATA Controller product: ST3250823AS product: ST3250823AS product: CK804 Serial ATA Controller product: CK804 PCI Bridge product: 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang] product: CK804 Ethernet Controller product: CK804 PCIE Bridge product: CK804 PCIE Bridge product: CK804 PCIE Bridge product: CK804 PCIE Bridge product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
Again, no video card. The card that it isn't detecting is an nvidia geforce 6600. At least, that's what was previously working in my xorg.conf.