It is save, in case you feel able to fix the problems like described in the release notes. In case you want to have things work out of the box, I advice you to continue with 9.4
Ciao, Stefan. clau...@guendelman.com wrote: > I still have the same Bug. i Upgrade and i install from cero i > mean i do a clean instal and my graphic card ATI radeon breaks. > > Claudio Fron Chile > > 2010/2/6 joherrer <joher...@gmail.com> > > >> I am invited now to upgrade to 9.10. >> I first installed 9.10 and had to quit due to nvidia. >> Then my son installed 9.4 and it is doing well. >> ¿Is it safe to accept the challenge upgrade? >> >> -- >> upgrade breaks graphic drivers and x, preventing login or startx >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/464591 >> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber >> of the bug. >> >> Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu: Invalid >> >> Bug description: >> see also here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1305459 >> >> for some reasons the upgrade breaks proprietary graphics drivers >> >> this means a flickering screen without the possibility to login or startx. >> >> ATTENTION >> >> Since this bug report is being linked to by news stories, it is getting >> viewed by many people with nvidia bugs that fail in similar ways but due to >> unrelated causes. I'd like to direct them to more appropriate bug reports: >> >> The "blinks on reboot" issue is a bug in gdm, bug #441638. That blinking >> symptom will occur for any sort of failure of X to start, and there are a >> lot of reasons why X may not start, so be aware that just because someone >> else is reporting this same blinking behavior does not necessarily mean you >> have the same underlying cause as them, so keep digging. This is causing >> lots of confusion in bug reports. >> >> For those who have upgraded since Intrepid or earlier, there is an issue >> reported where /sbin/lrm-video can cause nvidia to fail loading. That file >> no longer exists in Jaunty or Karmic and you can safely delete it as a work >> around. Bug #467490 describes this issue. I don't know how common this is, >> but if it is common we may need to make sure the upgrader removes the file >> properly. Manually uninstalling all nvidia packages *might* clear the file. >> >> For people running -rt kernels, such as Ubuntu Studio users, -nvidia has a >> known incompatibility there, see bug #464125 for example. Similar situation >> for -pae kernels, see bug #454220 as a recent example. >> >> Someone mentioned that "the upgrader disables the proprietary drivers". >> According to mvo, that is not correct, or at least not intentional. However, >> the upgrader *does* remove driver entries from xorg.conf if the driver is no >> longer present after upgrade. As far as I know, this should all work >> seamlessly for people, however several people have reported that removing >> their xorg.conf and reinstalling -nvidia helped, so it is possible there is >> an error in this logic. If you suspect this is the case, what we need is a >> full bug report filed using 'ubuntu-bug xorg'; in particular we need to see >> the xorg.conf files so we understand how the upgrader is misbehaving. >> >> I see a lot in forum articles the advice that "the solution" is to remove >> "nvidia" or "fglrx" lines from xorg.conf. While this may help in getting the >> system functioning again, please note that it is not a solution - it merely >> turns off the proprietary drivers. Whatever the original problem was is >> still there, you're just using different video drivers. Also, be aware that >> both nvidia and fglrx install GL and other libraries on top of the normal >> system libraries, so if you install one of those drivers and then use >> something else, it may work for 2D but you may run into severe problems for >> 3D. This is also a known issue - bug 258038 describes one possible solution >> we will be considering for Lucid. It's a hard problem to solve for >> proprietary drivers though. >> >> There are almost certainly more nvidia bugs, but we also have plenty of >> other bug reports (over 300 against -nvidia so far), many of which have been >> reported using ubuntu-bug so are closer to having the information we need. >> >> Finally, regarding people skills, actually after thousands of X bug reports >> those get worn down to a raw nub so I don't think I have them any more. All >> that's left is a grumpy X maintainer. >> >> p.s. Also see bug 438398 which appears to be the root cause for a lot of >> the nvidia failures. Unfortunately jockey may not be flagging these errors >> to the user (bug 441638) leading them to reboot without the nvidia driver >> fully installed. >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/464591/+subscribe >> >> > > > -- upgrade breaks graphic drivers and x, preventing login or startx https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/464591 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
