Look into feasibility of using an alternatives system rather than diversions
Bug #258038 reported by
Mario Limonciello
This bug affects 2 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Wishlist
|
Alberto Milone | ||
Lucid |
Fix Released
|
Wishlist
|
Alberto Milone | ||
mesa (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Wishlist
|
Alberto Milone | ||
Lucid |
Fix Released
|
Wishlist
|
Alberto Milone | ||
nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Wishlist
|
Alberto Milone | ||
Lucid |
Fix Released
|
Wishlist
|
Alberto Milone | ||
nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Wishlist
|
Mario Limonciello | ||
Lucid |
Invalid
|
Wishlist
|
Mario Limonciello | ||
nvidia-graphics-drivers-71 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Wishlist
|
Unassigned | ||
Lucid |
Invalid
|
Wishlist
|
Unassigned | ||
nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Wishlist
|
enrico | ||
Lucid |
Fix Released
|
Wishlist
|
Alberto Milone | ||
xorg-server (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Wishlist
|
Alberto Milone | ||
Lucid |
Invalid
|
Wishlist
|
Alberto Milone |
Bug Description
This bug is for a concept idea to see if using an alternatives system for all OpenGL libraries provides by binary drivers will be more maintainable than the messy diversions currently in place.
Advantages:
* Driver's don't need to conflicts/replaces each other (future proofed for later versions of the driver)
* Less maintenance required when diversions break and need to be added
Disadvantages:
* Extra symlinks part of a bunch of core packages
Related branches
Changed in xorg-server: | |
assignee: | nobody → superm1 |
Changed in mesa: | |
assignee: | nobody → superm1 |
Changed in fglrx-installer: | |
assignee: | nobody → superm1 |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-177: | |
assignee: | nobody → superm1 |
Changed in fglrx-installer: | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in mesa: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-173: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-177: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-71: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-96: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in xorg-server: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-177: | |
status: | Triaged → Invalid |
Changed in xorg-server: | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
affects: | nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 (Ubuntu) → nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu) |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-71 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Invalid |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in mesa (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Mario Limonciello (superm1) → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
Changed in xorg-server (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Mario Limonciello (superm1) → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
Changed in xorg-server (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in mesa (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Invalid |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
Changed in xorg-server (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Invalid |
Changed in mesa (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Invalid → Fix Released |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-71 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Invalid → Confirmed |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-71 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Mario Limonciello (superm1) → Alberto Milone (albertomilone) |
Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu Lucid): | |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-10.04-beta-1 |
Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu Lucid): | |
milestone: | ubuntu-10.04-beta-1 → ubuntu-10.04-beta-2 |
Changed in fglrx-installer (Ubuntu Lucid): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Alberto Milone (albertomilone) → enrico (wolfe7575) |
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Good day Mario,
I've just uploaded a new 8.543 version of -fglrx to Intrepid which now should work with xserver 1.5. Would you mind testing this new version and reporting back whether this issue is still present? If it is, it would be helpful if you could (re-)post your Xorg.0.log from running with this version. Thanks ahead of time.
If you don't have Intrepid installed on your system, you can test this by booting an Intrepid LiveCD (available from cdimage. ubuntu. com), using either the -vesa or -ati driver, then update to the latest version of Ubuntu, install fglrx, and then logout and back in. Your /var/log/Xorg.0.log will confirm whether you've loaded FGLRX successfully.
If you find any new issues, please report them as separate bugs. You can use the tool `ubuntu-bug fglrx-installer` which will gather the necessary files and create the launchpad report for you to fill in more easily.