Ubuntu
kde-guidance package

nvidia proprietary driver not selectable in systemsettings

Bug #104860 reported by aapgorilla
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kde-guidance (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: kde-systemsettings

The settings manager incorrectly reports I am using the nv driver and the options to select nvidia's proprietary driver and video memory are grayed out

Also hitting "Test" gives me a fish net like screen, with an x-shaped pointer from which there is no escape, not hitting mouse buttons, esc nor enter, ctrl+alt+backspace crashes the computer completely giving a blinking screen.

I have an nvidia 6600gt card

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aapgorilla (aapgorilla)
description: updated
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Simon Edwards (simon-simonzone) wrote :

Fix for detecting the nvidia driver has been committed to KDE's SVN.

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aapgorilla (aapgorilla) wrote :

will this also fix the crash when hitting test?

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Daniel Hahler (blueyed) wrote :

Simon, can you point at the patch/commit?

Will it get into Feisty?

Changed in kde-systemsettings:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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aapgorilla (aapgorilla) wrote :

since today's update the proprietary driver is selectable but the correct video ram is still greyed out and set to 256kB whilst I have a 128MB card!

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aapgorilla (aapgorilla) wrote :

also my configuration cannot be safely tested (the test button is greyed out too....)

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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote :

Gutsy and Hardy have a more recent svn snapshot than when this was added. Does is this still a problem with either of those releases?

Changed in kde-guidance:
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Daniel Hahler (blueyed) wrote :

"kcmshell displayconfig" reports the correct driver "nvidia" for me and my card (6600GT/GeForce 6 Series) is listed when I click "Configure..." in the Driver section.

"Test" (at the bottom of the "Hardware" tab) is grayed out, but should be another bug and prevents problems like in the original report.

Setting "Fix Released", please re-open in case your (nvidia) card does not get detect correctly in Hardy.

Changed in kde-guidance:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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