I have been having an issue and I hate to say Windows comes better :(
I have an old laptop HP Pavilion DV2000 to be exact I can install windows fine.
Windows XP, 8 and 8.1
Ubuntu 12.04 installs and runs fine but when it comes to upgrading here comes the issue.
I have tried installing 14.04 and 14.10 and both the same results as upgrading to 14.04
After install/upgrade I get an Ubuntu screen and then a black screen and then that is it. I can access terminal and when I go back to desktop the screen is still black (well with a working curser anyway)
I am suspecting graphics driver issues as being the suspect. To my knowledge my laptop is well within the recommended specs for Ubuntu and I know it is a resource hog but worse than windows I didn't think so.
Why Ubuntu? well I like the feel for it I like the look and I am using it also on my other laptop my desktop and my home server.
Any help would be great :)
Best regards
**EDIT
I can run low graphics mode
EDIT 2 output of lspci -v on working 13.10
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30b2
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: d4000000-d5ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000c0000000-00000000cfffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30b2
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 46
Memory at d6400000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00002fff
Memory behind bridge: d2000000-d3ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000d1ffffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00004000-00004fff
Memory behind bridge: 80000000-801fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000080200000-00000000803fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 00005000-00005fff
Memory behind bridge: d6000000-d60fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000080400000-00000000805fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30b2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
I/O ports at 1800 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30b2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at 1820 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30b2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
I/O ports at 1840 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30b2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at 1860 [size=32]
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30b2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
Memory at d6404000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=08, subordinate=08, sec-latency=64
I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff
Memory behind bridge: d6100000-d61fffff
Capabilities: <access denied>
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30b2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30b2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
I/O ports at 1880 [size=16]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 02) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30b2
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44
I/O ports at 18c8 [size=8]
I/O ports at 18ac [size=4]
I/O ports at 18c0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 18a8 [size=4]
I/O ports at 18b0 [size=16]
Memory at d6404400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30b2
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
I/O ports at 18e0 [size=32]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G72M [GeForce Go 7200] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30b2
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at d5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Memory at d4000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at c8000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 45
Memory at d6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: iwl3945
08:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation PRO/100 VE Network Connection (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30b2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 20
Memory at d6100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at 3000 [size=64]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: e100
08:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30b2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
Memory at d6101000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
08:09.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30b2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
Memory at d6101800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
08:09.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 0a)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30b2
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 18
Memory at d6102000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: r592
08:09.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 05)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30b2
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 18
Memory at d6102400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: r852
I'm currently on 13.10 as it works but I don't like the fact that it's not supported :(I believe I have tried everything even installing the drivers from the nvidia site 304.88 but that fails assuming some kernel incompatibility.
I would still hope that I can upgrade to 14.04 but this is driving me crazy.
I do notice that the drivers have different wording in 14.04/10
At the moment in additional drivers it says
Using NVIDIA binary Xorg driver, kernel module and VDPAU library from nvidia-304 (proprietary, tested)
But in 14.04 it has different wording
This is a HP Pavilion DV2000 with Nvidia GeForce go 7200 card 2gb ram. It is a fresh install with nothing else installed everything standard and the latest BIOS
EDIT 3
Ok finally got 14.04 installed and stable however I am using the driver from bumblebee ppa and the resolution is wrong and will not change. Does anyone know how to change?
I had 1280x800 on 13.10 but now only 1024x768
Thank you
lspci -vto your question and the details about your computer setup and graphics cards. – Wilf Feb 23 '15 at 15:07nvidia-settings --version(version number only is enough... – Fabby Feb 23 '15 at 19:00/var/log/Xorg.0.log, please? I'd also like to see the first line of the changelog file of the Nvidia drivers (for f in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-*/changelog.Debian.gz; do echo -n "$f: "; zcat "$f" | head -n 1; done) – David Foerster Feb 28 '15 at 09:49