I also added this one since it was in the collection of packages provided here, didn't want anything to get screwed up with mismatched versions:
Package: nvidia-180-libvdpau Pin: release Pin-Priority: 999 On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:41 AM, 3vi1 <launchpad....@eternaldusk.com> wrote: > As mentioned in my earlier post with the link to the same thread, > there's no telling when they will release the next driver. It could be > two weeks or two months. > > My suggestion to hold back 180.35 was thinking about the worst case > scenario: Jaunty goes live and 180.35 is still the latest package. In > the meantime, I suggest everyone who wants to continue testing the other > parts of Jaunty should work around this by pinning the nvidia packages. > > Adding the following to your /etc/apt/preferences (may need to be > created) file will let you get the other updates without worrying about > 180.29 getting overwritten by 180.35: > > Package: nvidia-glx-180 > Pin: release > Pin-Priority: 999 > > Package: nvidia-180-kernel-source > Pin: release > Pin-Priority: 999 > > Package: nvidia-glx-180-dev > Pin: release > Pin-Priority: 999 > > -- > nvidia driver 180.35 breaks KDE 4 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/335879 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-180” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > > Bug description: > After installing the nvidia driver version 180.35, I can no longer log out > of KDE. > > If I look in the process list I can see a long list of defunct processes > that are all children of ksmserver. The only workaround seems to be to log > in with an empty session (i.e disable 'Restore Previous session'). > > It seems that somehow the nvidia driver is causing this problem. There's a > long thread on the nvnews forum here : > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=128992 > > The cure seems to be to revert back to 180.29, but it's far from obvious > how to do this. > -- nvidia driver 180.35 breaks KDE 4 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/335879 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
