Public bug reported:
On the 7th or the 8th, the xorg edgers repo updated. The driver i was
using is nvidia-340. I don't exactly know how this works but it deleted
my xorg.conf file and did so on every relog and reboot. I had had this
problem a few months back but I was able to work around it by setting
the xorg.conf file to read-only, using the command sudo 'chattr +i
xorg.conf'. I tried the same thing this time around but the xorg log
keeps saying that the driver doesnt exist. I'll attach the log if i
find it.
More to the point, in my last successful install, after installing the
driver, i just had to run nvidia-xconfig the for the driver to work.
This time around, none of the programs that are usually installed have
been installed, no nvidia-persistenced, no nvidia-xconfig, no nvidia-
smi. The only thing that comes is nvidia-detector.
When i force xorg to use the same xorg.conf as before, by giving it
readonly attribute so that it isnt autodeleted, xorg log says
I have the same problem with the rest of the rest of the nvidia drivers
i've tried including: nvidia-current, nvidia-331, nvidia-343,
nvidia-346.
Description: Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca
Release: 17.1
(Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty)
3.13.0-40-generic
xserver-xorg-lts-trusty
nvidia-340:
Installed: 340.65-0ubuntu1~xedgers14.04.1
Candidate: 340.65-0ubuntu1~xedgers14.04.1
Version table:
*** 340.65-0ubuntu1~xedgers14.04.1 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-40.69-generic 3.13.11.10
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-40-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon
Date: Wed Dec 10 19:52:40 2014
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-03 (37 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Linux Mint 17 "Qiana" - Release amd64 20140624
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug nvidia rebecca third-party-packages trusty xorg-edgers
** Attachment added: "Xorg log. Shows what happens when it has no xorg.conf.
modesetting says the nvidia driver doesnt exist on line 112"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1401497/+attachment/4278657/+files/Xorg.0.log
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Title:
[xorg-edgers] Packaging issue. Nvidia drivers are not installing.
They are not coming with nvidia-xconfig or any of the usual programs
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