The best thing we possibly could do is to ensure that the user sees that log message when X fails (i.e . all the (EE) parts of it), as this will be our best bet to see what's failing.
I don't want to set this option by default in the jockey handler, as it is not a configuration option as such, but a kind of "unbreak this driver" quirk. ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) Importance: High => Medium ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) Assignee: Canonical Desktop Team (canonical-desktop-team) => Canonical X.org (canonical-x) ** Summary changed: - nVidia 8600 GTS needs "NoPowerConnectorCheck" option to work + Ensure that X.org startup failure displays (EE) messages to the user -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/522588 Title: Ensure that X.org startup failure displays (EE) messages to the user -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs