[PLUG] Mythbuntu and nVidia

[John Meissen]

kingbeowulf at gmail.com said:
> I said:
> > Oct 13 22:24:10 kernel: [79565.080103] nautilus[6439]: segfault at
> > 10 ip b6ef1151 sp bfc13cb8 error 4 in
> > libcairo.so.2.11000.2[b6ea6000+c7000] Oct 13 22:29:09 kernel:
> > [79864.478015] gnome-settings-[6401]: segfault at 10 ip b6bbb151 sp
> > bfabe078 error 4 in libcairo.so.2.11000.2[b6b70000+c7000]
> >
> > and my display suddenly reverted to 1024x768 again, and I can't
> >launch the nVidia config tool to restore it.
> 
> 
> Try deleting $HOME/.nvidia-settings-rc  as that file sometimes gets corrupted
> resulting in nvidia-settings not launching.  Also, try running nvidia-settings
> from the command line (terminal window) to see what errors it kick up.  You
> could have a borked xorg.conf - sometimes autodetection is screwy and you need
> to check it to see if any weird stuff is set up. 

Interestingly, there were more updates pushed out a couple of days ago. Among 
them were Xorg and gnome-settings updates. After I applied them I rebooted and 
magically the system is now honoring my PreferredMode option in the xorg.conf 
file, and I haven't had a crash since.

knock on wood, the problems seem to be fixed.

I have a slew of updates waiting on my Mythbuntu system that I've been afraid 
to apply. I guess I feel safer about it now.

john-