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I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 on an Asus EEEPC 1015PN. This netbook has an Nvidia Ion GPU, which I had to install Mtrons scripts in order to use (located here: https://sites.google.com/site/mtrons/howtos/eeepc-1015pn). These worked great at first and I much prefer the Nvidia mode for Steam and Minecraft and other gaming.

However today I tested out the Intel mode and it also works great. But I restarted in order to go back to the Nvidia mode and it doesn't boot to the window manager, instead it just drops me into tty1. The only way I can get to a GUI is by using the Intel mode and now I'm basically stuck in Intel mode. I tried restarting many times and also have tried the commands from Mtron's script such as sudo display-settings auto and sudo display_settings fix and also sudo display-settings config-nvidia. None of those worked. I can't seem to get to the GUI. I would appreciate some advice if anyone has encountered this problem. Thank you very much.

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  • Please give us output of `sudo lspci | grep VGA`. – Misery Apr 09 '13 at 09:43
  • 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02) – Pat Apr 09 '13 at 09:48
  • Could you please put here an information if anything is written in 7th terminal? ( `Alt+Ctrl+F7` ) If not then please write `start x` and let us know what is the output – Misery Apr 09 '13 at 09:59
  • everything is normal but there are a couple lines that talk about the GPU issue. For example at the top it says: `Starting Bumblebee supporting nVidia Optimus Cards [fail]` then a bunch of [OK]s and further down it says `No suitable module for kernel found [fail]` and the last one further down after a few [OK]s says `Starting load fallback graphics devices [fail]` Sorry if this doesn't help, I wasn't sure what to write exactly – Pat Apr 09 '13 at 11:09
  • try to generate Xorg.conf file (`sudo Xorg -configure`) and put the output here. Path to this file will be prompted to the screen. – Misery Apr 09 '13 at 11:14
  • Silly question but how can I copy and paste the output if I am in a terminal? – Pat Apr 09 '13 at 11:34
  • it is easier to copy the file `cp path_to_file_to_be_copied path_to_the_destination`. You can try to use `nano` to copy or write the file to another file `destination_file < cat file_to_be_displayed` – Misery Apr 09 '13 at 11:40
  • Sorry, that went over my head. Copy which file? Xorg.conf? How would I go about copying the output? It shows after -configure `number of created screens does not match number of detected devices. Configuration failed. Server terminated with error (2). Closing log file.` – Pat Apr 09 '13 at 12:11
  • Can you find file Xorg.conf? Does it exist? – Misery Apr 09 '13 at 12:15
  • It's in its usual place at /etc/X11/xorg.conf. – Pat Apr 09 '13 at 12:21
  • Ok, so it should look something like the one in [that post](http://askubuntu.com/questions/96753/two-ati-radeon-cards-on-10-04/97855#97855). Get to directory containing this file and use `sudo nano xorg.conf`. If you find a device section describing your other (non-nvidia) card then remove it. And check if there is a device section for your nvidia card. Check if your screen uses proper card (device in screen section should be exactly the same as identifier in device section). – Misery Apr 09 '13 at 12:35
  • The device section contains the correct drivers and there is no section for the intel driver. And the driver in the screen section points to the correct driver. – Pat Apr 09 '13 at 13:38
  • Ok, simply try to delete xorg.conf file and reboot. – Misery Apr 09 '13 at 15:42
  • I deleted `xorg.conf` and the same thing happened, it won't give me a GUI. Also `tty7` shows the same errors. There are several `xorg.conf` files located in the folder such as `xorg.conf.asus1015pn.intel` `.nvidia` `.optimushdmi` and `.backup` – Pat Apr 10 '13 at 01:03
  • Okay I uninstalled and reinstalled the nvidia-319 driver. Now I can get to the GUI but only with a 640 x 480 resolution. I used `sudo lspci | grep VGA` and it shows the correct driver now. I tried to to run the `nvidia-settings` app to change the resolution and it says I need to run `sudo nvidia-xconfig` in order to continue. I did this and restarted and tried nvidia-settings again. No dice, still says it appears that I am not using an nvidia driver. At least I'm getting closer, any thoughts? – Pat Apr 10 '13 at 14:31
  • Did you install this driver trough Jockey? – Misery Apr 11 '13 at 06:16

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This should have been a bugreport and not a question suitable for this site but well, here we are ;) Next time, use the integrated "report a bug" wizard in the gui. So we can make sure bug reports reach me.

This bug happened because the driver naming schema for the nvidia binary driver package changed from 'nvidia-current' to nvidia-< first 3 digits of driver version>. The scripts are updated now and work with the new schema, so update to the latest version (assuming you already added the ppa run sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade ) and run 

sudo display-settings regenerate-glx
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