Re: Maverick Alpha3 +nvidia-96 +updates

On Thursday 12,August,2010 10:08 AM, NoOp wrote:
Loaded up Maverick Alpha3 a simple test 32bit machine (Intel Motherboard
1Ghz/348Mb) with an nVidia NV25GL [Quadro4 900 XGL] card. All working
well; get notification for a driver is available (nvidia-96), install
the driver via jockey, reboot, got to
System|Preferences|Appearance|Visual Effects|click 'Extra'& compiz
works (well for a change) with wobbly windows& all. Packages installed are:

$ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg
xserver-xorg:
Installed: 1:7.5+6ubuntu2
Candidate: 1:7.5+6ubuntu3
Version table:
1:7.5+6ubuntu3 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
*** 1:7.5+6ubuntu2 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-core:
Installed: 2:1.8.1.902-0ubuntu2
Candidate: 2:1.8.99.905-1ubuntu1
Version table:
2:1.8.99.905-1ubuntu1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
*** 2:1.8.1.902-0ubuntu2 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ apt-cache policy nvidia-96
nvidia-96:
Installed: 96.43.18-0ubuntu1
Candidate: 96.43.18-0ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 96.43.18-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted
i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Then the trouble begins... do an update and that installs 1.8.99.905:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/2:1.8.99.905-1ubuntu1
And that breaks everything. Reboot& system stalls at plymouth splash
screen. Booting into single user mode (Recovery) gets me to a terminal
mode, but startx, gdm et all do not work.
I can purge nvidia-96 and get the gdm login back. I can even purge
nouveau and reinstall nvidia-96 and get the gdm login back; but I can't
enable the nvidia drivers as 'sudo nvidia-xconfig' creates an
/etc/X11/xorg.conf that does not work.

So I reinstall 10.10 Alpha3 and get nvidia-96 working again (including
fading& wobbly windows). This time I 'force version' of xserver-common
and xserver-xorg-core to 1.8.1.902 via Synaptic. I purposely leave
xserver-xorg available for update& reboot as update-manager keeps
crashing& interestingly enough shows a download size of 1Kb for 256
selected updates... So I pin the packages via dpkg:

$ sudo -s
# echo xserver-common hold | dpkg --set-selections
# echo xserver-xorg-core hold | dpkg --set-selections
# exit
$ sudo apt-get update&& sudo apt-get upgrade

Update the system again& reboot: nvidia-96 and compiz are still working
fine. So my suspicion is that 2:1.8.99.905-1ubuntu1 is the primary
issue. Unfortunately, pinning to the 1.8.1.902 version seems to cause
holding back 43 other packages:

The following packages have been kept back:
gbrainy gir1.0-freedesktop gir1.0-glib-2.0 python-gobject
python-gobject-cairo xserver-common xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-mouse
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse
xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark
xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus
xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-i740
xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-mga
xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
xserver-xorg-video-nv
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-r128
xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-rendition
xserver-xorg-video-s3
xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage
xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis
xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx
xserver-xorg-video-trident
xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware
xserver-xorg-video-voodoo
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 43 not upgraded.

Before I wander off to launchpad land to file a bug, can anyone else
verify the same issue with nvidia-96 and/or offer suggestions as to how
to resolve with the updated xserver packages?

Note: also posted on dev-discuss.



I am not on gnome, kubuntu does not have this problem but my
lubuntu-on-the-stick have this problem.

Boot up by appending "nouveau.modeset=0" to the linux line of grub,
delete "splash" and "quiet".

Noted latest update of package X11-xkb-utils solved this. But "mileage
may vary"?

I always "safe-upgrade" for alpha versions. But this happens still;
well...we all can't be perfect.

Regards - Goh Lip



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