I had to remove it because synaptics requested it, it has a conflict with nvidia-glx-new (the newest nvidia driver that Desktop-Effects uses). When installing nvidia-settings, the driver is silently reverted to nvidia-glx, which in turn made my machine enter into safe graphics mode.
-- Using Applications>Add/Remove to install nvidia-settings quietly removes nvidia-glx-new and makes my system boot X in low-res bulletproof mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/155441 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs