Okay, here's what I found. When I boot into recovery mode, the nvidia module is already loaded, but the device nodes don't exist. I then unload and reload the nvidia module. Nothing special happens, except for the warning "WARNING: Could not find old name in /lib/modules/2.6.32-19-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia- current.ko to replace!" Then I start x. After I start x, the device nodes have been created. I used the attached shell script to automate the process. Out of 36 boots, the results were:
31 successful starts of X 2 cases where I never got a shell prompt 2 cases where X failed to start, but I wasn't set up to do the logging 1 case where I think I got the necessary information. Not completely sure about this one, however, because it was one of my first attempts. I was still messing around with the perl script, and I wasn't paying close enough attention to what was happening. In all cases, I was doing warm reboots. I will post a log from a case where X worked, and the one where it failed. ** Attachment added: "perl script used for testing" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45213772/foo -- after upgrade to lucid, xorg frequently fails to start properly using nvidia-current https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/561049 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
