Comment 0 for bug 1260107

The file (/usr/share/hwdata/videodrivers) no longer exists in Trusty, subsequently xconfig.py fails because of the following:

    def fill_driver_list(self):
        #add video drivers to list
        try:
            driverFile = open("/usr/share/hwdata/videodrivers", "r")
        except:
            raise RuntimeError, (_("Could not read video driver database"))

Here's the latest hwdata changelog.

hwdata (0.249-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * latest upstream release from 2013-06-20
    - upstream removed upgradelist, MonitorDB, videodrivers

 -- Noël Köthe <email address hidden> Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:36:31 +0200

So something needs to change.