Comment 5 for bug 280095

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Peter Nauta (pnauta) wrote : Re: [Bug 280095] Re: NVidia configuration utility fails to write to xorg.conf

OTOH, bug 253076 seems to say it's fixed, however, can't quite
determine in which version, and I can only test it once I have another
machine to run LiveCD on. At least I don't have to report another
bug, it's known, and it was critical, and seems to have been tackled.

2008/10/8 Peter Nauta <email address hidden>:
> I dunno what you mean with DKMS love, (I'm not entirey new to Linux
> but have been mainly a Windows guy) but as long as it fixes it, it's
> OK with me. I'm just looking at bug 59618 and if you see that
> discussion, you see what I mean. This is one of my big grudges: just
> getting standard hardware is a pain, and keeping it running takes a
> half a day at a time. I still don't have a working configuration, and
> still trying to figure out what xforcevesa is supposed to do. I'm
> afraid there's one more bug: once you install Mythbuntu from a LiveCD,
> and are forced to use safe mode graphics, grub has this as a standard
> option, and you end up using vesa all the time. As a matter of fact,
> this may be the source of all my hell.
>
> So, as soon as I've understood how to read a menu.lst, I might even be
> able to confirm to this, as I will be forced to build a new kernel for
> my Digital Everywhere FloppyDTV card. I will have to go through this
> again I think.
>
> Thanks anyway that you spend time on it!
>
> 2008/10/8 Jonathan Carter <email address hidden>:
>> Seems like it could do with a bit more DKMS love. Targeting for nvidia-
>> glx-new-envy.
>>
>> ** Changed in: linux-restricted-modules-envy-2.6.24 (Ubuntu)
>> Sourcepackagename: None => linux-restricted-modules-envy-2.6.24
>>
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>> NVidia configuration utility fails to write to xorg.conf
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280095
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>> of the bug.
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> Groeten,
>
> Peter Nauta
>

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Groeten,

Peter Nauta