Nvidia-glx upgrade will "break" sytems on feisty upgrades

[Sarah Hobbs]

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Sending for Joseph Price, so he doesn't get moderated.

Joseph Price wrote:
> With regards to:
> https://bugs.beta.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20/+bug/96430
> 
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=393748
> 
> The recent upgrade in nvidia-glx/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20 from
> nvidia driver 9631 to 9755 drops support for cards listed here:
> http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-9755/README/appendix-a.html
> 
> 
> Not only will this mean many users are forced to install 9631 from 3rd
> party repositories or nvidia.com to use the new desktop-effects, but
> it is, and will continue to break distribution upgrades. Anyone with a
> "new-legacy" card on Edgy using the nvidia-glx package who upgrades to
> Fiesty will be presented with a non-functioning X server upon login
> due to the nvidia driver not loading for their card.
> 
> There are already 12 duplicates of the bug and dozens more affected
> (That we know about).
> 
> I think we need to do something?
> 
> Pricey
> 
> P.s. while I was writing, 2 more duplicates were added.
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