Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: restricted-manager
I am transferring this bug from linux-restricted modules #106906 per
request.
If you are are upgrading from Edgy to Feisty, and if in Edgy you
installed the NVIDIA propriatary drivers either by using NVIDIA's
installer or the 'Envy' package (usually to run Beryl/Compiz), you may
run into problems with the Xserver not being able to find the drivers,
and crashing. You will get a screen with the error that is cannot find
the driver in the /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/volatile folder. The
details of this error will not show up in the Xorg.0.log file, only the
screen when done.
You need to check the file /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common
(with the text editor of your choice, opened with a sudo e.g. sudo gedit
/etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common) and make sure the line
DISABLED_MODULES="nv" is NOT there.
If it is. you need to change it to DISABLED_MODULES="".
If you reboot, everything should be ok. (It was for me)
This is an artifact from edgy if you installed the nvidia proprietary
drivers "manually" in order to use Beryl/Compiz. It seems in Feisty that
the copying of the nvidia-glx-legacy.ko and nvidia-glx.ko drivers from
/lib/restricted-modules/'uname -r' to
the/lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/volatile folder (where xorg looks for
the driver files) by the /sbin/lrm-manager script is prevented if the
"nv" is set. (The nvidia_new driver IS being copied, by accident, due to
bug #105756). In edgy, however, it was necessary to have this set when
you installed the nvidia drivers manually. Since these actions were done
outside of the repositories, it would not be up to the dev's to account
for this. I wonder if this is not one cause of a lot of problems that
seem to be happening with nvidia drivers and upgrades from Edgy to
Feisty not working who installed the NVIDIA drivers for Compiz/Beryl in
Edgy.
Hope this helps.
** Affects: restricted-manager (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Possible Nvidia probs upgrading from Edgy to Feisty
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/108128
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