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nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 package

  1. Bug #335879
  2. Comment #33

Comment 33 for bug 335879

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SRElysian (srelysian) wrote : Re: [Bug 335879] Re: nvidia driver 180.35 breaks KDE 4

I agree, Jaunty is still in alpha anyway... they should pop them in untested
or something so we can have a crack at them. I doubt they could be any worse
than 180.35 anyway.

On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Mark Greenwood <email address hidden>wrote:

> Why not create some packages just for Jaunty, it's still in Alpha? I'll
> test them - so long as you notify this bug report (I've Pinned my
> packages to 180.29).
>
> --
> nvidia driver 180.35 breaks KDE 4
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/335879
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>
> Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-180” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> After installing the nvidia driver version 180.35, I can no longer log out
> of KDE.
>
> If I look in the process list I can see a long list of defunct processes
> that are all children of ksmserver. The only workaround seems to be to log
> in with an empty session (i.e disable 'Restore Previous session').
>
> It seems that somehow the nvidia driver is causing this problem. There's a
> long thread on the nvnews forum here :
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=128992
>
> The cure seems to be to revert back to 180.29, but it's far from obvious
> how to do this.
>