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nvidia-graphics-drivers package

Lightdm does not start with nvidia-current driver installed

Bug #829163 reported by Suvish V.T.
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Bug Description

Lightdm works fine with the default drivers.
However, after installing nvidia-current, it stops working. It only starts working again when I remove /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
I've been facing this bug for the last few weeks. Attempts to see if it is resolved after an update have failed. To see if it is working, I merely execute

$ sudo nvidia-xconfig

Graphics Card: Nvidia 9400 GT
OS: Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit

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Suvish V.T. (vishy1618)
description: updated
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Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) wrote :

Reassigning to X org as this appears to be a driver issue. LightDM should run a failsafe session on this failure, but this is another bug. Please attach the xorg.conf that causes the problem and the logs in /var/log/lightdm.

affects: lightdm → xorg (Ubuntu)
bugbot (bugbot)
affects: xorg (Ubuntu) → nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)
Launchpad Janitor (janitor)
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Peter Rhone (prhone-gmail) wrote :

I've tried all nvidia drivers, including direct downloads from the website. Nothing works. I haven't tried installing gdm and using that instead, however. May be worth a shot.

Right now I'm using nouveau with experimental 3D support, which works for basic things, but not for my OpenGL development work.

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Peter Rhone (prhone-gmail) wrote :

A definite workaround is to use gdm instead of lightdm, I just tested it and it works, so this is a lightdm problem.

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Suvish V.T. (vishy1618) wrote :

With the latest updates, LightDM starts with the Driver activated, and compiz runs as expected. It seems to be working now.

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Robert Hooker (sarvatt) wrote :

Hello there, this bug should have been fixed by nvidia-graphics-drivers - 280.13-0ubuntu3 so I am marking it fix released. Please feel free to change it back if it's still a problem.

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Suvish V.T. (vishy1618) wrote :

Sure. As for now, its working smoothly. Nice!

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