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nvidia-graphics-drivers package

  1. Bug #748320
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 748320

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote : Re: Blank screen (no GUI) after installation of NVidia proprietary driver on Sony Vaio Z119GS

Thank you for writing such a thorough test report.

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7. Note new contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf. It should list the name of the proprietary driver as a minimum.
RESULTING CONTENTS OF xorg.conf:
Section “Device”
    Identifier “Default Device”
    Option “NoLogo” “True”
EndSection
i.e. xorg.conf FAILED to show the name of the proprietary driver.
"""

As of natty it is no longer necessary to specify "nvidia" manually in xorg.conf, as Ubuntu's X now autoloads the driver. In fact no xorg.conf is necessary in many cases. Can you please update the test plan document to reflect this change?