xorg.conf is updated before driver installation

[Onkar Shinde]

Binary package hint: restricted-manager

Using feisty with latest updates.

Just now I discovered the new package restricted manager which allows one to install binary drivers and enable them in xorg.conf. I was just curious as to how it works. Since I am using ATI card it showed me that I could install fglrx driver. I started installation and then realized that I don't need it because I am using ATI Radeon 7000 which needs open source drivers, so I canceled the install.
On next reboot my X wouldn't start because the xorg.conf was modified to use fglrx module.
This is serious. Although I myself canceled the install, it is very likely that install is canceled due to other reasons like lost network connection etc. And this will break X startup for no reason.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Can you please describe exactly how you canceled the installation? The dialog which installs the fglrx X driver package cannot be canceled, and if you cancel the initial question dialog, nothing is changed in the first place.

BTW, r-m should not offer you to install that driver in the first place, see bug #92498.

Thanks!

[Onkar Shinde (onkarshinde)]

Following are the steps I did.

1. Start RM. It shows ATI accelerated graphics driver.
2. I click on 'Enable'. A confirmation dialog is presented.
3. After I confirm, it starts downloading the package.
4. I cancel the download
5. I check xorg.conf and it is already modified to use binary driver.

Perhaps you didn't encounter the download step due to presence of .deb in apt package cache.

By the way, I am aware of bug #92498. :-)

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Right, I missed the download step. I'll just check whether the package is actually installed after calling synaptic.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

 restricted-manager (0.11) feisty; urgency=low
 .
   * RestrictedManager/xorg_driver.py: Do not autodetect mouse and monitor when
     reconfiguring xserver-xorg for a new driver. This avoids clobbering
     manually added undetected resolutions. (LP: #93643)
   * po/de.po: Synchronize with Rosetta.
   * RestrictedManager/nvidia.py: Enable NoLogo by default. (LP: #93306)
   * RestrictedManager/nvidia.py: Enable AddARGBVisuals to make Beryl work.
     (LP: #93262)
   * RestrictedManager/xorg_driver.py: Do not mangle xorg.conf if package
     download/installation was aborted. (LP: #92573)
   * RestrictedManager/nvidia.py: Fix passing of driver package name, so that
     the legacy driver actually installs nvidia-glx-legacy. (LP: #92849, part
     one)
   * RestrictedManager/{xorg_driver,nvidia,fglrx}.py: Do not assume that the
     kernel module name always matches the X.org driver module name
     (nvidia_legacy vs. nvidia), but instead pass the X.org driver name as a
     separate attribute. ((LP: #92849, part two)
   * RestrictedManager/modalias.override: Add NV44A [GeForce 6200] (not covered
     by nvidia_supported). (LP: #93209)
   * RestrictedManager/core.py: When loading default or special handlers, check
     that there is actually a kernel module behind. Otherwise we will display
     handlers with overrides on platforms which do not actually provide those
     modules. (LP: #93368)