[Bug 496363] Re: Installing nvidia kills xorg on non-nvidia systems, or makes display upside down

[Alberto Milone]

We no longer set the driver in xorg.conf. Furthermore we have a
mechanism (the hybrid-detect tool) which will automatically switch to
the alternative for the available card.

** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Released

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Title:
  Installing nvidia kills xorg on non-nvidia systems, or makes display
  upside down

Status in “ltsp” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “ltsp” source package in Lucid:
  Invalid
Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” source package in Lucid:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  On a system where i was moving hard drives from one machine to
  another, I noticed that the second machine would not boot successfully
  because the first had an nvidia driver which was loaded for it's
  operation.

  This presents a problem, because if the nvidia package could be
  accidentally installed, then people could end up with non working
  systems.

  Removing /etc/X11/xorg.conf fixed the problem.

  For more info and ways to work around this problem, see:
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/NvidiaDriverSwitching

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