[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1287507] Re: LightDM fails to start after removing nvidia-prime

2014-07-16 Thread Margarita Manterola
Purging is not the answer here. First, given that the package auto-added its binaries to lightdm.conf, it should make sure that those binaries that are not present anymore in lightdm.conf when removing them from disk. This is not a config file that is harmless if left over, this is a config that

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1287507] Re: LightDM fails to start after removing nvidia-prime

2014-03-31 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: nvidia-prime (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-prime in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1287507] Re: LightDM fails to start after removing nvidia-prime

2014-03-03 Thread Rohan Dhruva
I understand, and that is eventually what worked for me. Even so, IMHO there should have been a warning on remove, explicitly saying that not purging will make things go bad. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-prime in

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1287507] Re: LightDM fails to start after removing nvidia-prime

2014-03-03 Thread Andrew DeMarsh
you need to purge to revove the configuration files not just remove. This is incredibly important when dealing with drivers and kernels. (in short use "apt-get purge" not "apt-get remove" to deal with lower level packages) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop