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[Bryce Harrington <bryce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah the issue is most likely that you had "nvidia" configured in your
xorg.conf, but the new hardware I assume was non-nvidia (or at least a
video chip not supported by whatever nvidia driver you had installed).

Sort of a hard issue to solve or work around, but one we've known about.
There are several ways this situation could be avoided.  1) Make it
unnecessary to specify "nvidia" in xorg.conf by automatically detecting
it in xserver (see xserver patches 104/105).  2) Have functionality in
the xserver to somehow detect when the hardware has changed and inform
the user.  3) Drop the system into failsafe-x in this situation with
guidance to enable the proper driver for the new hardware.

All three of these options are identified as tasks in
https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-lucid-xorg-
proprietary-drivers but are currently set to POSTPONED.

** Package changed: nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu) => nvidia-
graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)

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

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

** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Alberto Milone (albertomilone)

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Installing nvidia kills xorg on non-nvidia systems
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496363
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