nVidia GeForce 2 MX400 does not work with the nv driver

Could you attach the output of
lspci -v
?

Thanks for the bug report.

It would also be useful if you could describe in what manner your graphics card fails to work with the nv driver.

Whoops, sorry, I forgot to add that. There is more info at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4510
 if it helps.

Here is my lspci output:

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 741/741GX/M741 Host (rev 03)
 Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc.: Unknown device 0c4d
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
 Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M]
 Capabilities: [c0] AGP version 3.5

0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 99
 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
 Memory behind bridge: ec000000-edffffff
 Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e0000000-e7ffffff

0000:00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 25)
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

0000:00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus Controller
 Flags: medium devsel
 I/O ports at 10c0 [size=32]

0000:00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (prog-if 80 [Master])
 Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc.: Unknown device 0c4d
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 128, IRQ 169
 I/O ports at 4000 [size=16]
 Capabilities: [58] Power Management version 2

0000:00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Sound Controller (rev a0)
 Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc.: Unknown device 0c4d
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 209
 I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
 I/O ports at e400 [size=128]
 Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2

0000:00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
 Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc.: Unknown device 0c4d
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 177
 Memory at ee024000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

0000:00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
 Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc.: Unknown device 0c4d
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 185
 Memory at ee025000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

0000:00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
 Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 193
 Memory at ee022000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
 Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc.: Unknown device 0c4d
 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 201
 I/O ports at e800 [size=256]
 Memory at ee023000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
 Expansion ROM at 20000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
 Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

0000:00:0a.0 Network controller: RaLink Ralink RT2500 802.11 Cardbus Reference Card (rev 01)
 Subsystem: Belkin: Unknown device 700a
 Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 32, IRQ...

I suspect a dupe of bug 41979.

FWIW, this device is working fine for me here:

0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2)

with the nv driver.

The fd.o bug says:

"Use of the nv driver results in either a black screen, or a screen flashing in
small rectangles of many different colors"

So it is clearly not appropriate to use the vesa driver by default on this device, and the nature of the problem is still unclear.

this certainly doesn't happen here.

Hmm... perhaps I have a defective card. I'll see if I can get it working with the nv driver at all.

No activity in a long time, closing the bug. Please test with Feisty, and if it still does not work, feel free to reopen the bug.