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[Bryce Harrington <bryce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

checkbox's video test uses the xrandr command to do its testing.  This
command utilizes the XRANDR 1.2 feature to do its stuff.

The binary -nvidia driver does not support XRANDR 1.2.  It isn't even on
their priority list - see
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia_qa_linux&num=5
the question on the bottom of page 5.

Because of this, checkbox should be configured to not do any testing if
the nvidia kernel module is present on the system.  In fact, it would be
smart to have the test check for if XRANDR is present on :0.0 before
running, since there are likely other video drivers out there which lack
XRANDR 1.2, but excluding nvidia will at least prevent the vast bulk of
mistaken bug reports.

** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) => checkbox (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: checkbox (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Critical

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checkbox should not run on nvidia (was: appearing error message extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0.0".)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/465868
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