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nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 package

nvidia-xconfig procudes a xorg.conf that's not working

Bug #282284 reported by TobiasDomhan
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Alberto Milone

Bug Description

the xorg.conf produced by /usr/bin/nvidia-xconfig of the package nvidia-glx-173 is not working. (the version produced if there is no xorg.conf available. -> /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't exist)
according the the log is has to do with "RgbPath" which "is not a valid keyword in this("Files") section."
when this line is commented out everything works fine. though I'm wondering why this thing is not ok in the Files Section.

reproduce:
delete /etc/X11/xorg.conf
run nvidia-xconfig
restart X

Ubuntu:Intrepid
Kernel:2.6.27-4-generic
nvidia-glx-173:
  Installed: 173.14.12-1-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 173.14.12-1-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 173.14.12-1-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de intrepid/restricted Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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TobiasDomhan (tdomhan) wrote :
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TobiasDomhan (tdomhan) wrote :
Alberto Milone (albertomilone)
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-173:
assignee: nobody → albertomilone
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → In Progress
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Alberto Milone (albertomilone) wrote :

FFE request:

I am convinced that a stable release shouldn't ship with a tool which breaks the xorg.conf, therefore I have replaced the nvidia-xconfig binary with a python script (which depends on python-xkit) that covers the basic functionalities of the binary.

See the attached debdiff.

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

We discussed this last week, and I'm ok with it. It's not really a feature, it's a bug fix for the broken upstream one. Sponsoring...

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 - 173.14.12-1-0ubuntu4

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nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (173.14.12-1-0ubuntu4) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Fix (LP: #282284) Replace the nvidia-xconfig binary with a
    script which depends on python-xkit and covers the basic
    functionalities of nvidia-xconfig
  * Add dependency on python-xkit to nvidia-glx-173
  * Test the existence of the dkms folder in
    nvidia-173-kernel-source.postinst

 -- Alberto Milone (tseliot) <email address hidden> Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:35:55 +0200

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-173:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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