** Description changed: - Mythbuntu installs with an NVIDIA graphics card generally have a - modified xorg.conf that sets the DPI to 100x100 so that it looks correct - on a Television set. + [Impact] + * Upon upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 from an earlier LTS release the user's xorg.conf is renamed. Any custom settings they've made will be removed. - Upgrading from 12.04 to 14.04 the xorg.conf was renamed and the display - did not look correct at all. + * Specifically for Mythbuntu 12.04 LTS users with NVIDIA graphics, they + have a custom DPI setting that gets removed upon upgrade to 14.04. - This is the xorg.conf that was on the system + * This has been fixed in utopic by testing if it's the first time that + ubuntu-drivers has ran. If so, it sets a first boot flag so that no + settings are removed. - Section "Screen" - Identifier "Default Screen" - DefaultDepth 24 - EndSection + [Test Case] - Section "Device" - Identifier "Default Device" - Driver "nvidia" - Option "DPI" "100x100" - Option "NoLogo" "1" - EndSection + * This can be reproduced by installing a 12.04 based release, creating + an xorg.conf and upgrading to 14.04. If the xorg.conf is renamed then + the bug is hit. - Section "Extensions" - Option "Composite" "Disable" - EndSection + * This can also be reproduced directly on 14.04 by removing /var/lib + /ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot, creating an xorg.conf and + rebooting. This would simulate the same behavior. + [Regression Potential] - After upgrade it was renamed from /etc/X11/xorg.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.04142014 + * Part of the intention of ubuntu-drivers-common is to prevent problems + on people who have upgraded and now have hybrid graphics supported + cards. This won't make their situation any worse than previously it + would have been before ubuntu-driver-common existed. - Renaming it back fixed the problem. - - ProblemType: Bug - DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 - Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.220.2 - ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9 - Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686 - NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia - ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu2 - Architecture: i386 - CrashDB: ubuntu - Date: Mon Apr 14 09:31:36 2014 - PackageArchitecture: all - ProcEnviron: - TERM=xterm - PATH=(custom, no user) - XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash - SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader - Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader - UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-14 (0 days ago) - VarLogDistupgradeTermlog: + * Any functional users in the field should still remain functional. + This only affects the first boot scenario.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-drivers-common in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1307546 Title: dist-upgrade from 12.04 -> 14.04 axes /etc/X11/xorg.conf Status in Mythbuntu, Ubuntu derivative focused upon MythTV: Confirmed Status in “ubuntu-drivers-common” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “ubuntu-drivers-common” source package in Trusty: In Progress Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” source package in Trusty: Invalid Bug description: [Impact] * Upon upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04 from an earlier LTS release the user's xorg.conf is renamed. Any custom settings they've made will be removed. * Specifically for Mythbuntu 12.04 LTS users with NVIDIA graphics, they have a custom DPI setting that gets removed upon upgrade to 14.04. * This has been fixed in utopic by testing if it's the first time that ubuntu-drivers has ran. If so, it sets a first boot flag so that no settings are removed. [Test Case] * This can be reproduced by installing a 12.04 based release, creating an xorg.conf and upgrading to 14.04. If the xorg.conf is renamed then the bug is hit. * This can also be reproduced directly on 14.04 by removing /var/lib /ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot, creating an xorg.conf and rebooting. This would simulate the same behavior. [Regression Potential] * Part of the intention of ubuntu-drivers-common is to prevent problems on people who have upgraded and now have hybrid graphics supported cards. This won't make their situation any worse than previously it would have been before ubuntu-driver-common existed. * Any functional users in the field should still remain functional. This only affects the first boot scenario. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/1307546/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
