Loaded up Maverick Alpha3 a simple test 32bit machine (Intel Motherboard 1Ghz/348Mb) with an nVidia NV25GL [Quadro4 900 XGL] card. All working well; get notification for a driver is available (nvidia-96), install the driver via jockey, reboot, got to System|Preferences|Appearance|Visual Effects|click 'Extra' & compiz works (well for a change) with wobbly windows & all. Packages installed are:
$ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg xserver-xorg: Installed: 1:7.5+6ubuntu2 Candidate: 1:7.5+6ubuntu3 Version table: 1:7.5+6ubuntu3 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages *** 1:7.5+6ubuntu2 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-core: Installed: 2:1.8.1.902-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 2:1.8.99.905-1ubuntu1 Version table: 2:1.8.99.905-1ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages *** 2:1.8.1.902-0ubuntu2 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ apt-cache policy nvidia-96 nvidia-96: Installed: 96.43.18-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 96.43.18-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 96.43.18-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Then the trouble begins... do an update and that installs 1.8.99.905: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/2:1.8.99.905-1ubuntu1 And that breaks everything. Reboot & system stalls at plymouth splash screen. Booting into single user mode (Recovery) gets me to a terminal mode, but startx, gdm et all do not work. I can purge nvidia-96 and get the gdm login back. I can even purge nouveau and reinstall nvidia-96 and get the gdm login back; but I can't enable the nvidia drivers as 'sudo nvidia-xconfig' creates an /etc/X11/xorg.conf that does not work. So I reinstall 10.10 Alpha3 and get nvidia-96 working again (including fading & wobbly windows). This time I 'force version' of xserver-common and xserver-xorg-core to 1.8.1.902 via Synaptic. I purposely leave xserver-xorg available for update & reboot as update-manager keeps crashing & interestingly enough shows a download size of 1Kb for 256 selected updates... So I pin the packages via dpkg: $ sudo -s # echo xserver-common hold | dpkg --set-selections # echo xserver-xorg-core hold | dpkg --set-selections # exit $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade Update the system again & reboot: nvidia-96 and compiz are still working fine. So my suspicion is that 2:1.8.99.905-1ubuntu1 is the primary issue. Unfortunately, pinning to the 1.8.1.902 version seems to cause holding back 43 other packages: The following packages have been kept back: gbrainy gir1.0-freedesktop gir1.0-glib-2.0 python-gobject python-gobject-cairo xserver-common xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-nv xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-voodoo 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 43 not upgraded. Before I wander off to launchpad land to file a bug, can anyone else verify the same issue with nvidia-96 and/or offer suggestions as to how to resolve with the updated xserver packages? -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss