Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-08-15 Thread Robin
JK, the link you need to fully unsubscribe is well hidden: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates/+bug/1431753/+subscriptions, and then the bottom link, assuming that you are signed in to launchpad. HTH R. On 15/08/15 02:33, J K Cunningham wrote: On

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-08-15 Thread J K Cunningham
Much obliged. --Jeff On 08/15/2015 03:03 AM, Robin wrote: JK, the link you need to fully unsubscribe is well hidden: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-340-updates/+bug/1431753/+subscriptions, and then the bottom link, assuming that you are signed in to

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-08-14 Thread Alberto Milone
On 14-08-15 10:52:23, teo1978 wrote: This, while unfortunate, is not a bug, Yes it is. You are only giving a diagnosis of the exact cause of the bug (which by the way I already knew), but that doesn't make it less of a bug. The alternatives switched back to automatic mode, and in automatic

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-08-14 Thread Jerry
Unfortunately, to get newer versions and hopefully out of Nvidia kernel update hell, I went from LTS to the next regular unsupported, hoping to go beyond that one to contemporary, but all went astray into unstable and unbootable, probably in the filing to upgrade multiple times, repository

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-08-14 Thread Alberto Milone
On 13-08-15 16:50:40, teo1978 wrote: By design a driver will be enabled if you install it. However, if it is disable when you UPGRADE the driver, it shouldn't be reenabled. Right, that usually doesn't happen when you upgrade to a new version of the same driver (for example upgrading

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-08-14 Thread Alberto Milone
On 13-08-15 16:45:47, teo1978 wrote: 2) Optimus is supported by the NVIDIA driver. That's not what NVidia told me. I asked for support and they told me it's officially unsupported on Linux. And what I can tell for sure is that it doesn't work. The screen switching issue is well known.

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-08-14 Thread Alberto Milone
On 14-08-15 13:24:50, teo1978 wrote: Such work is not necessary, as yours is really an unsupported corner case. If you insist on keeping the nvidia driver installed and disabled, against what we recommend, that is your problem. And how was I supposed to know what you recommend? Back in

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-08-14 Thread graingert
Guys it's a closed source driver. I'm being a hypocrite here, but chillax. On 14 Aug 2015 21:16, teo1978 teo8...@gmail.com wrote: And also, if a piece of software is designed in such a way that if you stop using it yoy have to uninstall it otherwise it may be harmful, it is badly

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-08-14 Thread J K Cunningham
On 08/14/2015 01:46 PM, teo1978 wrote: Are you aware that each comment triggers THOUSAND of emails to other users? Are you aware that you can unsubscribe if you want to? I unsubscribed from this bug report days ago and it's still sending me your silly tirades. Would you please STFU? --

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-08-13 Thread Robin
Teo, the Optimus issue is definitely a *separate bug*, requiring its own resolution. R. On 13/08/15 14:48, teo1978 wrote: Or should we file a separate bug? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-08-12 Thread Alberto Milone
On 11-08-15 22:45:43, teo1978 wrote: So, will my 331 drivers be automagically replaced with 340, or with whatever version fixes the bug? (or perhaps they have already?) Because otherwise, the bug is not fixed for me nor for the millions of people having ubuntu 14.04 with 331 drivers. Anyway,

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-08-12 Thread Alberto Milone
On 12-08-15 13:33:31, teo1978 wrote: Yes, 331 will be replaced by 340 through a system update. Nice, but is it possible that it not only replaces 331 by 340 but ALSO ENABLES THEM? Because I'm under the impression that that just happened to me, and that's a bug. Ages ago, when I first

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-08-11 Thread Jerry
I flagged as security, since holds back kernel updates which escalated sec probs, if not causes them. Ianal On Aug 11, 2015 3:21 AM, ciro santoro 1431...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: I installed last updates on my ubuntu 14.04 and, after reboot, it starts and remains with a black screen.. I

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-08-11 Thread ciro santoro
I installed last updates on my ubuntu 14.04 and, after reboot, it starts and remains with a black screen.. I listened the ubuntu welcome sound and nothing appens :( 2015-08-08 20:51 GMT+02:00 Nathanaël Naeri 1431...@bugs.launchpad.net: Packages nvidia-331-* are now transitional packages for

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-08-11 Thread Peter Varlien
I had the same experience. It turned out thet my xorg.conf file had been renamed with a .back suffix. I copied it back and restarted, and all was good. On August 11, 2015 9:14:05 AM CEST, ciro santoro 1431...@bugs.launchpad.net wrote: I installed last updates on my ubuntu 14.04 and, after

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-08-11 Thread Alberto Milone
On 31-05-15 03:23:09, KennoVO wrote: Nice! Will this work with the 3.13 kernel in 14.04 ? Also, do you have any idea when it will be available to end-users? Yes, the update is available in 14.04, and works with the kernels 14.04 ships with. -- You received this bug notification because you

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-08-11 Thread el_gallo_azul
Yeah (*pff*)  De: josh joshuaglennmur...@gmail.com Para: el_gallo_a...@yahoo.com Enviado: Miércoles 12 de agosto de 2015 9:16 Asunto: Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation Dude no one cares this is a bug reporting place not an opinion catcher

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-08-11 Thread josh
Dude no one cares this is a bug reporting place not an opinion catcher. On 12 Aug 2015 11:46, teo1978 teo8...@gmail.com wrote: Please keep your subjective comments to yourself I think my comments were pretty objective. Ubuntu fails at providing a decent user experience, and it's getting

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-07-27 Thread mat
After routine kernel-update yesterday, today blank screen like KennoVO, bongos rumbling on start but without video. After booting with previous kernel I applied the solutions KennoVO suggested, (2)-(3)-(4) but not (1) as I didn't know what I was doing and didn't understand how it had to be done.

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-07-27 Thread mat
What I don't understand, the proposed drivers are they already implemented in the routine update (I thought they had to be updated manually)? Otherwise I might have had a completely different problem with the bumblebee and nvidia drivers, solved by chance with Your approach. 2015-07-27 18:33

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-07-25 Thread A.J.Mac
My Bug problem has also been solved. How can I stop receiving these but reports? Many regards. Sent from my ASUS Original Message From:Marc Peña 1431...@bugs.launchpad.net Sent:Sat, 25 Jul 2015 20:35:46 +0200 To:macbu...@hotmail.de Subject:[Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-06-19 Thread Nima
Thank you Zewbie Best Regards, Nima Soltani -- Graduate Student of Physical Chemistry Department of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology. = On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 1:07 AM, Nima Soltani

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-06-19 Thread Umut Yazgan
Hello how can I unsubscribe this? On Jun 16, 2015 13:41, Alberto Milone alberto.mil...@canonical.com wrote: I am already working on it (I've been busy with other work). There's no need to make this any more complicated than it needs to be. -- You received this bug notification because you

RE: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-06-19 Thread Zewbie
...@yahoo.com Subject: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation Please stop this banter, clogging my emails up. I sorted my PCs and laptops out with the following fix for now.  Not had ANY issues since doing below: Card driver http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-06-19 Thread Zewbie
Scroll  to the very bottom  and follow  the link Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S® 6. Original message From: Umut Yazgan umut@gmail.com Date: 06/19/2015 6:06 AM (GMT-07:00) To: zew...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-06-19 Thread İsmail Arılık
to tell. Scroll to the very bottom and follow the link Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S® 6. Original message From: Umut Yazgan umut@gmail.com Date: 06/19/2015 6:06 AM (GMT-07:00) To: zew...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-06-19 Thread Umut Yazgan
...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation Hello how can I unsubscribe this? On Jun 16, 2015 13:41, Alberto Milone alberto.mil...@canonical.com wrote: I am already working on it (I've been busy with other work). There's no need to make

RE: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-06-19 Thread Zewbie
Try fedora 21 not 22 Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S® 6. Original message From: Nima nima@gmail.com Date: 06/19/2015 3:43 AM (GMT-07:00) To: zew...@yahoo.com Subject: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation I want to go

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-06-19 Thread Kristian Erik Hermansen
OSX is the way to go for sure...sorry for the annoying email alert On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 4:32 AM Camil Staps i...@camilstaps.nl wrote: Zewbie, what is wrong with you? Did you not read #29 and #35? Do you have any idea how many people are getting an email when you comment on this bug? Have a

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-06-19 Thread josh
Nima this really isn't the place for that talk. Will EVERYONE please keep this thread on topic about this bug and only this bug please On 19 Jun 2015 21:51, Nima nima@gmail.com wrote: I want to go to another linux distribution , Can any body give me a hint about it? CentOS or Opensuse?

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-06-18 Thread Kristian Erik Hermansen
No vendor cares about linux On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 11:46 AM Heath heathnay...@gmail.com wrote: This seems to me like a trivial bug fix, is this just nVidia not wanting to devote time to a fix? -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a duplicate bug report

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-06-18 Thread Kristian Erik Hermansen
Just use Debian. No one considers Ubuntu secure any more after the privacy violations embedded by Canonical. On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 12:41 PM rbscy...@yahoo.ca rbscy...@yahoo.ca wrote: That may be so. However, I care. I use Linux as my everyday computer at home for everything. I use the LTS

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-06-18 Thread Vadim Peretokin
Can you guys not litter the bug report? On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 6:18 AM, Kristian Erik Hermansen kristian.herman...@gmail.com wrote: Just use Debian. No one considers Ubuntu secure any more after the privacy violations embedded by Canonical. On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 12:41 PM

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-06-18 Thread rbscy...@yahoo.ca
That may be so. However, I care. I use Linux as my everyday computer at home for everything. I use the LTS version because I expect less problems, and don't really know a hell-of-a-lot about the underneath workings of Linux. If this means I have to go to another distribution, so be it.

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-06-18 Thread paulwilson05
I want zero downtime, top tier speed, and zero cost. On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Kristian Erik Hermansen kristian.herman...@gmail.com wrote: No vendor cares about linux On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 11:46 AM Heath heathnay...@gmail.com wrote: This seems to me like a trivial bug fix, is this

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-06-18 Thread Kristian Erik Hermansen
Can't fix binaries without patching On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 4:35 PM Pablo pablo...@gmail.com wrote: Could you fix it? -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a duplicate bug report (1405694). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1431753 Title: Nvidia binary

Re: [Bug 1431753] Re: Nvidia binary driver FTBS due to DKMS layer violation

2015-06-17 Thread rbscy...@yahoo.ca
SO, since I don't know that much . On one of my computers (HP s3720f) my display disappeared completely. I tried a bunch of things. The last thing I tried seem to work: $ sudo apt-get --purge remove xserver-xorg-video-nouveau $ sudo ubuntu-drivers devices A list of drivers will appear.