Great Henk! So everything works for both L(X)ubuntu? This issue shouldn't be present then in the daily builds, is this correct?
You say there is a sound problem now? Is this for Lubuntu or Xubuntu? Maybe testing the daily image for Lubuntu will confirm that the startx/nvidia issue is fixed. On 09/06/2014 03:19 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: > I just read about an upgrade fix that was issued for nvidia 304.123 > (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/1365336 at > #45; there is an explanation at #32) > Xubuntu 14.10 still needs startx to boot the desktop after an upgrade > to this driver was received. > Very strange there is still a sound problem in this distro. > > In Lubuntu 14.10 I did therefore also an upgrade sudo upgrade > nvidia-304 and got the desktop back! > > Henk > > Israel schreef op 5-9-2014 om 22:33: >> Hi Henk, >> So, if I understand you >> Lubuntu cannot enter the Destkop, because it cannot start the xserver. >> Xubuntu fails to start the Xserver, but can start it from terminal. >> >> Is this correct? The issue may still be the display manager since >> Xubuntu does not start X automatically. However there is a possibility >> that Xorg in Utopic has changes that make supporting your card >> difficult. I wonder if there are any xorg or xserver updates since you >> downloaded Lubuntu. I think someone with more understanding of the >> entire display process of Linux needs to jump in here... >> But... keep an eye on the updates, and see what packages come in an >> either fix or break the machine. I may set up a VM to test this, but I >> have some other stuff going on right now that is taking up a lot of >> time :) >> >> On 09/05/2014 02:46 PM, Henk Terhell wrote: >>> Strange enough Xubuntu 14.10 on the same PC doesn't start in GUI but >>> hangs after every boot at the terminal. After login and StartX the >>> desktop appears. >>> Both nouveau and NVDIA 304.123 video drivers do work well in Xubuntu >>> 14.10 without any screen freezes so far . So there is difference with >>> Lubuntu 14.10. >>> >>> In Lubuntu 14.10, sound handling is much improved and worked for me >>> out-of-the-box. >>> In Xubuntu 14.10 I haven't yet figured out how to get sound as >>> Pulseaudio cannot find there my built-in monitor speakers. >>> >>> Henk >>> >>> Henk Terhell schreef op 5-9-2014 om 17:12: >>>> Thanks Israel >>>> >>>> I had filed a bug report #1363919 in the nvidia drivers section some >>>> days ago as I couldn't find a related report. >>>> The screen dump of startx is different as before. It now only shows a >>>> non-fatal error about XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (Type "ONE_Level" has >>>> 1 levels but <RALT> has 2 symbols). >>>> A good idea to install Xubuntu 14.10 alongside. I'll let you know. >>>> >>>> Henk >>>> >>>> Israel schreef op 5-9-2014 om 16:24: >>>>> Hi Henk, >>>>> My guess is that this is something to do with lightdm still, since >>>>> you >>>>> just got an upgrade for it. >>>>> That would be the place to start looking. You could search >>>>> Launchpad to >>>>> see if there is a bug related to this issue. If you cannot find any, >>>>> I'd suggest opening a bug for it. It may effect users of different >>>>> desktop environments as well, and then we can know that it is not a >>>>> Lubuntu specific issue. If it is specific to Lubuntu then it may be >>>>> related to the Lubuntu session file.... (sorry I can't remember >>>>> what it >>>>> is called at the moment). This is the Lubuntu specific 'startx' >>>>> command. >>>>> I am guessing you still cannot 'startx' and get X up. >>>>> >>>>> You could also try downgrading lightdm, I suppose, but that can be >>>>> rather messy when you do things like that... >>>>> >>>>> Another option would be to install something like Xubuntu in a >>>>> secondary >>>>> partition and see if you are effected with the same issue when you >>>>> update. >>>>> >>>>> Hope this is fully fixed before release! >>>>> >>>>> On 09/05/2014 08:34 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: >>>>>> Hi Israel >>>>>> If I recall correctly I got two times upgrades of 14.10 in last two >>>>>> days, 3 sept. and today. >>>>>> Lost my desktop again with the first one. >>>>>> The output of your command is below: >>>>>> >>>>>> Henk >>>>>> >>>>>> libdvdnav4:i386 >>>>>> simple-scan:i386 >>>>>> python3-gi:i386 >>>>>> linux-headers-generic:i386 >>>>>> linux-image-generic:i386 >>>>>> linux-libc-dev:i386 >>>>>> python-gi:i386 >>>>>> python-gobject:all >>>>>> python3-update-manager:all >>>>>> update-manager-core:all >>>>>> update-manager:all >>>>>> libldap-2.4-2:i386 >>>>>> chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra:i386 >>>>>> lshw:i386 >>>>>> usb-creator-gtk:i386 >>>>>> usb-creator-common:i386 >>>>>> lightdm:i386 >>>>>> liblightdm-gobject-1-0:i386 >>>>>> language-pack-en:all >>>>>> language-pack-gnome-en:all >>>>>> iproute2:i386 >>>>>> libmpdec2:i386 >>>>>> libhunspell-1.3-0:i386 >>>>>> libstartup-notification0:i386 >>>>>> python3-problem-report:all >>>>>> python3-apport:all >>>>>> apport:all >>>>>> apport-gtk:all >>>>>> libfm-extra4:i386 >>>>>> libfm-gtk-data:all >>>>>> libfm-data:all >>>>>> libfm-gtk4:i386 >>>>>> libfm4:i386 >>>>>> libfm-modules:i386 >>>>>> upstart:i386 >>>>>> upstart-bin:i386 >>>>>> systemd-shim:i386 >>>>>> binutils:i386 >>>>>> cpp:i386 >>>>>> gcc:i386 >>>>>> g++:i386 >>>>>> pcmanfm:i386 >>>>>> lxshortcut:i386 >>>>>> libitm1:i386 >>>>>> libgomp1:i386 >>>>>> gcc-4.9-base:i386 >>>>>> libstdc++6:i386 >>>>>> libasan1:i386 >>>>>> libubsan0:i386 >>>>>> libcilkrts5:i386 >>>>>> libatomic1:i386 >>>>>> libquadmath0:i386 >>>>>> libgcc-4.9-dev:i386 >>>>>> cpp-4.9:i386 >>>>>> gcc-4.9:i386 >>>>>> g++-4.9:i386 >>>>>> libstdc++-4.9-dev:i386 >>>>>> libgcc1:i386 >>>>>> libpulse0:i386 >>>>>> libpulse-mainloop-glib0:i386 >>>>>> linux-libc-dev:i386 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Israel schreef op 5-9-2014 om 15:00: >>>>>>> Hi Henk, >>>>>>> What packages were upgraded on your system? >>>>>>> Something like this command: >>>>>>> awk '$3~/^upgrade$/ {print $4;}' /var/log/dpkg.log >>>>>>> can get that info. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 09/05/2014 03:52 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: >>>>>>>> The GUI has gone again after upgrades this week ... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Henk >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Henk Terhell schreef op 2-9-2014 om 00:28: >>>>>>>>> The upgrade received today on Lubuntu 14.10 has fully resolved >>>>>>>>> this >>>>>>>>> problem. >>>>>>>>> Nvida-304.123 works OK now. >>>>>>>>> My thanks to the dev team. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Henk >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Henk Terhell schreef op 1-9-2014 om 00:26: >>>>>>>>>> After purging driver NVIDIA-304 I got my desktop back with the >>>>>>>>>> default nouveau driver. However opening Firefox rapidly >>>>>>>>>> caused a >>>>>>>>>> screen freeze. >>>>>>>>>> The older NVIDIA-173 did the same after installing and >>>>>>>>>> rebooting. I >>>>>>>>>> therefore switched back to NVIDIA-304.123 from the list and >>>>>>>>>> again no >>>>>>>>>> GUI... >>>>>>>>>> So now I know (a) the absence of GUI was caused by the driver >>>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>>> (b) none of the recommended video drivers for Lubuntu 14.10 >>>>>>>>>> beta can >>>>>>>>>> be used on this Geforce 6100 card. >>>>>>>>>> For Lubuntu 14.04 (and 14.10 alpha) the recommended >>>>>>>>>> NVIDIA-304.117 >>>>>>>>>> does not cause any problems. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> > > -- Regards -- Lubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
