Maverick Alpha3 +nvidia-96 +updates

[Dmitrijs Ledkovs]

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2010-August/000744.html

On 12 August 2010 04:43, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> 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?
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