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[Bryce Harrington <bryce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, -nvidia requires several settings be specified in xorg.conf in
addition to being installed.  Alternatives also need to be set up
properly so it can use its own GL libraries instead of the standard
X.org libraries.

This is why we provide Jockey in Ubuntu, as it gives a user-friendly way
to take care of all these things.  When you install -nvidia by hand, if
you don't do everything just right you can end up with a broken system.

It would be nice if -nvidia some day could work without needing
xorg.conf settings.  Perhaps they could be patched into xorg-server.
But no one has plans to do this work right now.  We can keep the bug
report open as a wishlist however.

** Summary changed:

- cannot boot if no xorg.conf
+ -nvidia cannot boot if no xorg.conf

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

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

** Summary changed:

- -nvidia cannot boot if no xorg.conf
+ -nvidia requires settings in xorg.conf else it will crash

** Summary changed:

- -nvidia requires settings in xorg.conf else it will crash
+ -nvidia requires settings in xorg.conf else it won't work

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-nvidia requires settings in xorg.conf else it won't work
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/494625
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