Public bug reported:
Fresh install of Ubuntu 13.04
- sudo apt-get install nvidia-current
- reboot
=> the whole system becomes completely unusable. When you boot, there's
no Unity launcher nor Unity's top bar. Only an empty desktop. Windows
don't have borders nor title bars (apparently compiz crashes at
startup).
And the worst thing is that uninstalling nvidia-current (or nvidia-304),
won't revert the situation.
The only way I got Unity running again was by purging nvidia* (sudo apt-
get purge nvidia*) AND manually deleting /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
So
1 - either nvidia driver is broken, or sudo apt-get nvidia-current doesn't
install it properly
2 - sudo apt-get remove should completely reverse the installation and it
doesn't.
If you have the unlucky idea to try and install nvidia-current you may
end up with an unusable and apparently unrecoverable system, which can
be pretty hard to figure out how to fix.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: nvidia-current (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-31.46-generic 3.8.13.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 14 01:42:19 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug raring
** Description changed:
Fresh install of Ubuntu 13.04
- sudo apt-get install nvidia-current
- reboot
=> the whole system becomes completely unusable. When you boot, there's
no Unity launcher nor Unity's top bar. Only an empty desktop. Windows
don't have borders nor title bars (apparently compiz crashes at
startup).
And the worst thing is that uninstalling nvidia-current (or nvidia-304),
won't revert the situation.
The only way I got Unity running again was by purging nvidia* (sudo apt-
get purge nvidia*) AND manually deleting /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
So
- 1 - nvidia driver is broken, or sudo apt-get nvidia-current doesn't install
it properly
+ 1 - either nvidia driver is broken, or sudo apt-get nvidia-current doesn't
install it properly
2 - sudo apt-get remove should completely reverse the installation and it
doesn't.
If you have the unlucky idea to try and install nvidia-current you may
end up with an unusable and apparently unrecoverable system, which can
be pretty hard to figure out how to fix.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: nvidia-current (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-31.46-generic 3.8.13.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 14 01:42:19 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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Title:
nvidia driver breaks ubuntu irreversibly (uninstalling the package
doesn't fix it)
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