[Bug 258486] Re: X fall in failsafe mode after install if nvidia restricted drivers are installed during LiveCD session in intrepid
Jean-Baptiste Lallement
jean-baptiste.lallement at ubuntu.com
Wed Oct 30 10:15:20 UTC 2019
not an issue with recent releases and proprietary nvidia drivers.
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => Fix Released
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Title:
X fall in failsafe mode after install if nvidia restricted drivers are
installed during LiveCD session in intrepid
Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
New jockey 0.4+r345-0ubuntu1 can now install and enable restricted
drivers directly from the intrepid a4 LiveCD, so people can test
nvidia drivers and compiz even before installing ubuntu.
However, when doing this, a more important problem happens. If nvidia
drivers are installed during the LiveCD session, once the computer has
rebooted to the new intrepid installation, X will fails to start and
fall to safe mode. Strangely, almost all changes that has been made
inside the LiveCD session seems to have persisted. nvidia-* packages
are all marked as installed in synaptic and /etc/X11/xorg.conf is
already configured to use proprietary nvidia driver (Driver
"nvidia" Option "NoLogo" "True").
This problem will always reproduce, regardless of the number of
reboot. It's possible to fix this problem with a simple re-
installation of all "nvidia-*" packages in synaptic, after what X
really uses nvidia driver.
Steps to reproduce :
1. Have a computer with a nvidia card which needs nvidia restricted drivers.
2. Boot intrepid alpha 4 LiveCD
3. Inside the LiveCD session, install nvidia drivers through Hardware Drivers and reload X with CTRL + ALT + Backspace
4. Install Ubuntu and reboot
Results :
The freshly installed ubuntu intrepid a4 will boot, but X will fail 3 times to load and then fall in failsafe mode.
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