[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1365695] Re: No longer able to use GUI after update

2014-10-14 Thread l0j1k
At least two of us (myself and the second poster) were reporting a problem with the Optimus functionality on a Thinkpad W530 where the laptop dock's VGA port is not recognized by Nvidia, but which can be fixed after the downgrade to ubuntu-drivers-common 0.2.91.5. I replicated the problem by

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1365695] Re: No longer able to use GUI after update

2014-09-19 Thread l0j1k
@Devin: If you've installed this update and are having the same problems we are having, then running the update manager won't do you any harm. There is a pretty good QA system in place to prevent an update from bricking someone's machine. If you have similar hardware (Thinkpad W530 or whatever)