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[Bryce Harrington <738546@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

gfxpayload is for configuring how the kernel sets up the framebuffer.
It's appropriate for X drivers with kernel modesetting support, but
-nvidia does not support KMS, so changes to that parameter probably just
aren't valid with proprietary drivers.

Possibly this is a WONTFIX or WISHLIST maybe, but ideally the kernel
should simply reject the parameter specification if non-KMS drivers are
being loaded.  The reason I think it may be WONTFIX is because I'm not
sure whether the kernel actually knows early enough whether or not a
non-KMS driver is going to be loaded.  But I'll bump it to the kernel
queue for further analysis.

** Package changed: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  X fails to start with nvidia-current and set gfxpayload