Public bug reported:
As to why people are messing with their nvidia drivers at all, here is
how I fell into this:
- boot 7.04 from a live cd
- use restricted manager to install nvidia video (thought id try it out first)
- it finishes ok but then says needs to reboot, which I did not do figuring the
changes would go away rather than work as it was on a cd not a writable file
system
- install to a hard disk (new format)
This installs X11 stuff thinking it can use nvidia as it is on the live
cd but the restricted stuff is not installed and X11 doesn't startup.
It seems like a bug to me that changes to a live cd boot that need to
reboot to start working have an effect on the install to hard disk.
Eventualy I gave up and booted the live cd and installed to a formatted
disk, then booted the hard disk and ran the restricted driver manager
there ok.
** Affects: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Restricted manager use on live cd for nvidia before install breaks install
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121328
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