[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1977695] Re: Xorg fails to start: (EE) Error parsing the config file

2022-06-12 Thread Daniel van Vugt
It's not slow adopters -- We encourage all Nvidia users to stick to Xorg. And Nvidia does still contribute to the Xorg project. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1977695 Title:

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1977695] Re: Xorg fails to start: (EE) Error parsing the config file

2022-06-10 Thread Kurt von Laven
That all makes sense. Thank you for carrying the lonely banner during this transition period so that us slow adopters aren't abruptly cast out in the cold. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launch

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1977695] Re: Xorg fails to start: (EE) Error parsing the config file

2022-06-09 Thread Daniel van Vugt
> My understanding from what I have read about this topic was > that users with hybrid systems (which I take to mean those > with both an NVIDIA graphics card and a second non-NVIDIA > graphics card in this context) are expected to see the gear, > but I may be mistaken. Technically, yes. Our detec

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1977695] Re: Xorg fails to start: (EE) Error parsing the config file

2022-06-09 Thread Kurt von Laven
Reflecting on my original issue from the perspective of a lay user, crashing the windowing system because a custom configuration file couldn't be parsed seems like a bug in its own right. A lay user may understandably react very strongly to seeing a black screen at startup. If they have a more tech

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1977695] Re: Xorg fails to start: (EE) Error parsing the config file

2022-06-09 Thread Kurt von Laven
To clarify, I was defaulted into Wayland (which worked as far as I could tell aside from the broken Night Light) upon upgrade from Ubuntu 21.04 to Ubuntu 22.04, so what was actually hidden from users not comfortable manually editing /etc/gdm3/custom.conf in this case was instead X11. My understandi

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 1977695] Re: Xorg fails to start: (EE) Error parsing the config file

2022-06-09 Thread Daniel van Vugt
> The one remaining mystery to me is that the gear to switch > between X11 and Wayland still doesn't show up at the login screen. We intentionally hide Wayland when the Nvidia driver is present due to unresolved bugs in the Nvidia Wayland implementation: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?fi