Changes xorg.conf when driver installation fails, no warning
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
jockey (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Martin Pitt | ||
Karmic |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Martin Pitt | ||
Lucid |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Martin Pitt |
Bug Description
Because of a bug in the nvidia-180 package the installation of the driver with jockey failed (https:/
I think jockey had been able to recognize that the installation wasn't completely done, cause there are some error messages in the jockey.log:
Setting up patch (2.5.9-5) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
2009-10-13 13:37:47,669 ERROR:
Error! Invalid number of arguments passed.
Usage: add -m <module> -v <module-version>
2009-10-13 13:37:47,837 WARNING: modinfo for module nvidia failed: ERROR: modinfo: could not find module nvidia
2009-10-13 13:37:47,914 DEBUG: XorgDriverHandler device sections ({0: ['\tIdentifier\
(https:/
There should been at least a warning, better an option to fall-back to the actually working, installed driver.
I think in case of future bugs in driver-packages, users with no experience aren't able to boot to console and edit xorg.conf to make their system boot able again.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 4d2d0a0a0792a0b
CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a55581
Date: Wed Oct 14 16:07:29 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1720
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: jockey-gtk 0.5.5-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitec
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcEnviron:
LANG=de_AT.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: jockey
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
(gnome-
(gnome-
(polkit-
(nautilus:2194): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences
dmi.bios.date: 02/03/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A07
dmi.board.name: 0UK437
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1720
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
summary: |
- [jockey] Missing warnings in case of broken driver installation + Changes xorg.conf when driver installation fails |
summary: |
- Changes xorg.conf when driver installation fails + Changes xorg.conf when driver installation fails, no warning |
Changed in jockey (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
status: | Fix Released → Fix Committed |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Very nice, tried to install nvidia driver via jockey, failed but it decided that was good to change xorg.conf anyway ending up in screwed X.
Is this usability? Is this for newbie users?