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[Bryce Harrington <711409@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The -nvidia proprietary driver does not yet work with xserver 1.10.
Known issue, you have to uninstall it and use -nouveau until NVIDIA
releases a version of the driver that supports xserver 1.10.

** Summary changed:

- latest update broke nvidia
+ -nvidia broken after Jan 31st updates, because it does not yet support xserver 1.10

** Also affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu Natty)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: Confirmed

** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu Natty)
   Importance: Undecided => Critical

** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu Natty)
       Status: Confirmed => Triaged

** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu Natty)
    Milestone: None => ubuntu-11.04-beta

** Description changed:

- Binary package hint: xorg
+ [Problem]
+ NVIDIA does not provide xserver 1.10 support in their driver yet.
+ Thus, its drivers do not work with Ubuntu starting on Jan 31st, when it moved to xserver 1.9.99.
+ See https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-x/2011-February/001050.html
  
- in natty the latest update i did dealing with xorg broke my nvidia
- driver and then had it were all i could get to in my system was the
- CLI...i had to create a .Xauthority and then it showed that the gnaric
- drivers were not working to display gdm or anything but the CLI and said
- something about the VGA and screen going agenst each other (i dont
- remember how it was put)
+ [Original Report]
+ in natty the latest update i did dealing with xorg broke my nvidia driver and then had it were all i could get to in my system was the CLI...i had to create a .Xauthority and then it showed that the gnaric drivers were not working to display gdm or anything but the CLI and said something about the VGA and screen going agenst each other (i dont remember how it was put)
  
  i am attaching .xsession-error
  
  also i did try to install the latist daily build of natty but the
  instillation failed after the kernel so i can be of much help till i re-
  install a previous build
  
  ----edit:
  for some more info im useing a HP Pavilion dv6605us with a nvidia GeForce 7150M /nForce 630M built-in graphics the max screen resolution is 1280x800 for the screen which is a 15"

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Title:
  -nvidia broken after Jan 31st updates, because it does not yet support
  xserver 1.10