[PLUG] Intrepid hoses X

[David Kaplan]

Upgrades always cause problems. I found that with Feisty and Hardy. Back up
files and do a clean install. Less headaches.

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 9:40 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net>wrote:

> My laptop is my main computer and I refuse to upgrade to Intrepid for a
> while yet. But I did decide to upgrade my desktop to Intrepid just to
> see what would happen.
>
> The desktop uses an nVidia GeForce 6150 on the motherboard connected to
> a Samsung SyncMaster 206BW monitor. It worked fine with the
> nvidia-glx-new driver under Hardy at 1680 x 1050. After the upgrade X
> would not start. By editing the xorg.conf file and replacing "nvidia"
> with "nv" I got X to start, but it is VESA 1024 x 768. I've tried
> several things to no avail. The Ubuntu forums are replete with video
> problems after the upgrade to Intrepid. Unfortunately, none of the
> suggested fixes have worked, although there are so many posts that I
> have not read them all yet.
>
> Somewhere I read that Intrepid uses some new deal with X, but I cannot
> find where I read it to report exactly what changes were made. I can
> say with certainty that the changes were not necessarily a good idea.
>
> If anyone has any suggestions, I'm all ears. Meantime, warnings to
> those considering the upgrade to Intrepid. Double check your video
> issues before doing it.
>
> Maybe I'll bring the desktop to the Clinic on Sunday and people can
> poke at it as an exercise in how not to do an upgrade. :)
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