nvidia-367 with GeForce GTX 460 prevents boot

[Peter Silva]

fwiw, since 367 updated itself yesterday to .57 my drivers are
completely broken.

% primusrun glxinfo
segmentation Fault
%

and when that happens my screens are suddently mirrored, but the
software doesn't think they are mirrored.  I have to make sure the
Display Settings dialog is near the top left of the primary screen,
because once I run primusrun glxinfo, it is off screen, and I cannot
reset. I have to do sudo restart lightdm to get things back to normal.

As long as the settings dialog is on screen, I can select mirrored screens,
then choose to revert, and all is fine again.


On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 6:59 PM, Andrew J. Caines
<A.J.Caines at halplant.com> wrote:
> Karl,
>
>>> booted fine with nvidia-361 and associated packages
>>> [...]
>>> A subsequent clean install of nvidia-367 and related
>>> packages returns the system to the unbootable state.
>>
>> Soooo - why not just stay with 361?
>
> Pragmatically, because 367 is an update path from 361 as distinct from a
> separate driver path. If I hold the package and its dependencies, I have
> to wait for notice of a possible fix and keep hoping nothing else breaks
> as a result. Switching to Gallium and testing the next nvidia driver
> release is easier, albeit with a performance penalty.
>
> Philosophically, 367 fixes a couple of security issues in 361[1].
>
>
> [1]
> http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/package/core/xenial/multiverse/updates/nvidia-graphics-drivers-367
>
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