A natty upgrade 24 hours later results in GDM appearing as a flashing
white rectangle (bug #693843). This may, or may not be related.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/596819
Title:
This bug was fixed in the package xorg - 1:7.5+6ubuntu4
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xorg (1:7.5+6ubuntu4) natty; urgency=low
* debian/local/Failsafe/failsafeXinit:
+ Fix variable escaping so shows file name for debugging tarball
(LP: #596819)
* debian/apport/source_xorg.py:
+ Extract VGA
I agree that it is not worth the trouble putting this through as an SRU.
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Failsafe X displays variable name instead of file name for debugging tarball
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Thanks. The patch actually would break the translation gettext() calls,
since the filename would not be the same every time. That's why the
variable was segregated as it was.
However, the variable name certainly should not be escaped like that.
I've dropped the \ - this is committed to git and
I can now confirm this myself. I have installed a Maverick partition and
got a no screens when booting with an external monitor attached and X
in low-graphics mode. Thanks to Glen for already finding out where the
failsafeX-backup-tar went.
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: xorg
The problem is in line 177 of debian/local/Failsafe/failsafeXinit. There
is an \ before the $ in $xorg_backup_file which shouldn't be there.
Since there is an eval_gettext at the beginning, the varable name was
probably supposed to be part of the preceding string. So either remove
the \ or do
** Tags added: patch
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Failsafe X displays variable name instead of file name for debugging tarball
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** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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