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nvidia-settings package

nvidia-settings creates invalid xorg.conf

Bug #274866 reported by Frank Bob
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nvidia-settings (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: nvidia-settings

I run kubuntu intrepid

I used nvidia-settings to setup dual screen. I set the TV as a "Separate X Screen" and saved the configuration to xorg.conf. Tried to restart X but it failed. Xorg log says

Parse error on line 13 of section Files in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
 "RgbPath" is not a valid keyword in this section.

If I comment out the RgbPath line in xorg.conf, everything seems to work.

The root cause is that X.Org removed the RgbPath option in version 1.5
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=1666354&postcount=4

I'm attaching the faulty xorg.conf and resulting xorg log

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Frank Bob (frankbob) wrote :
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Frank Bob (frankbob) wrote :
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Alberto Milone (albertomilone) wrote :

Thanks for taking the time to report this problem.

I will see if NVIDIA has fixed this in newer releases of nvidia-settings (if they are available) otherwise I will fix its parser myself as I have already tracked down the problem.

Changed in nvidia-settings:
assignee: nobody → albertomilone
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
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sh4wn (sh4wn) wrote :

Any updates on this? I tried to remove the RgbPath option, but then I get the same as this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-173/+bug/273801

(The black screen on boot)

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Alberto Milone (albertomilone) wrote :

Luke: a black screen can be caused by a number of problems. Feel free to file a new bug report against the nvidia driver.

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Alberto Milone (albertomilone) wrote :

FFE request:

I have updated the source package with the latest upstream release which seems to fix the problem (see /src/XF86Config-parser/Generate.c).

Here are the links to the new source code:
http://albertomilone.com/ubuntu/nvidia-settings/

http://albertomilone.com/ubuntu/nvidia-settings/nvidia-settings_177.78-0ubuntu1.diff.gz
http://albertomilone.com/ubuntu/nvidia-settings/nvidia-settings_177.78-0ubuntu1.dsc
http://albertomilone.com/ubuntu/nvidia-settings/nvidia-settings_177.78-0ubuntu1_source.changes
http://albertomilone.com/ubuntu/nvidia-settings/nvidia-settings_177.78.orig.tar.gz

Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto)
Changed in nvidia-settings:
assignee: albertomilone → nobody
status: Confirmed → New
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StefanPotyra (sistpoty) wrote :

I assume you have thoroughly tested the new packages, correct?

Can you provide a debdiff against the current version, and a buildlog of the new version? Thanks.

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Alberto Milone (albertomilone) wrote :

Yes, I have tested the new package and I can confirm that the parser doesn't even create a Files section any more. It looks good to me.

See the attached debdiff.

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StefanPotyra (sistpoty) wrote :

ok, +1 from me.

(side note: can you readd the older debian/copyright (debian bug 494388) , adjusting it where necessary? Just found out that I accidantly dropped that with the last merge *cough*).

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Alberto Milone (albertomilone) wrote :

Stefan: is the attached debdiff ok?

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StefanPotyra (sistpoty) wrote :

from a glimpse, I believe the copyright years of NVIDIA should be updated (at least I think I saw some new dates somewhere). Maybe you could just grep for copyright and see if I'm right?

Others than that, it looks ok, but I didn't review it in depth (I was more interested in upstream changes when reviewing the original debdiff).

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Alberto Milone (albertomilone) wrote :

all I can see with a grep in the source code is: Copyright (C) 2004 NVIDIA Corporation

I guess the date of the copyright is ok then.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-settings - 177.78-0ubuntu1

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nvidia-settings (177.78-0ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * New upstream release
    - Do not add RgbPath to the Files section of xorg.conf
      (LP: #274866)
  * debian/copyright:
    - Restore detailed version of the license (cf. debian #494388)

 -- Alberto Milone (tseliot) <email address hidden> Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:24:16 +0200

Changed in nvidia-settings:
status: New → Fix Released
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