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Rabin Guha (rabinjosee) wrote : Re: [Bug 1224098] Re: xserver wont start after nvidia-prime installation

Hi
Thanks for your reply. I'm a complete amateur, I did get my screen working,
I forget exactly how (I'm at work and not near my system) I think I had to
purge the nvidia 319 and go to additional drivers and use Nvidia 3:04.
I still have bugs, but my graphics seem OK.
Rabin
On Oct 23, 2013 11:01 AM, "Alberto Milone" <email address hidden>
wrote:

> SRU request:
>
> [Impact]
>
> * As a result of this bug, the lightdm configuration file will always
> been overwritten. This is not desirabled or expected and causes serious
> problems on any *buntu system other than Ubuntu.
>
> [Test Case]
>
> * Enable the precise-proposed or the saucy-proposed repository and
> install nvidia-prime (0.4.2~hybrid0.0.1 in precise or 0.4.2~hybrid0.1 in
> saucy).
>
> * If the package doesn't overwrite the lightdm greeter in the
> lightdm.conf file, then the fix is correct.
>
>
> [Regression Potential]
>
> * The regression potential here should be zero, as we only replace two
> conditions ( "test -f" and "test ! -s") that can never be true at the
> same time, with the "test -s" condition which does exactly what we need
> - it checks that the file exists and has a size greater than zero - and
> reuse the existing file if this condition is satisfied.
>
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> duplicate bug report (1243460).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1224098
>
> Title:
> xserver wont start after nvidia-prime installation
>
> Status in “nvidia-prime” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in “nvidia-prime” source package in Precise:
> In Progress
> Status in “nvidia-prime” source package in Saucy:
> In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> I have done a fresh install of saucy, before the installation of
> nvidia-prime lightdm-gtk-greeter was set in lightdm.conf. During the
> installation of nvidia-prime the greeter ist changed to unity-greeter
> which causes a crash and no display after a reboot. When changing the
> greeter back to lightdm-gtk-greeter everything works fine.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
> Package: nvidia-prime 0.4
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-7.13-generic 3.11.0
> Uname: Linux 3.11.0-7-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu3
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Wed Sep 11 22:11:06 2013
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-11 (0 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64
> (20130902.1)
> MarkForUpload: True
> PackageArchitecture: all
> SourcePackage: nvidia-prime
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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