@Devin: If you've installed this update and are having the same problems we are having, then running the update manager won't do you any harm. There is a pretty good QA system in place to prevent an update from bricking someone's machine. If you have similar hardware (Thinkpad W530 or whatever) and are worried about updating because of this bug, you can simply unselect the packages mentioned in this bug to prevent yourself from getting it.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1365695 Title: No longer able to use GUI after update Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-331” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “ubuntu-drivers-common” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates” source package in Trusty: New Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-331” source package in Trusty: New Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates” source package in Trusty: New Status in “ubuntu-drivers-common” source package in Trusty: Triaged Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” source package in Trusty: Confirmed Bug description: Until yesterday the 14.04 install on this Thinkpad T530 (nvidia Optimus) with nvidia-331 drivers worked just fine, including excellent multi-monitor behavior. Yesterday the set of packages below [1] was updated. I shut down, booted this morning and found out that I was not shown the lightdm login screen: I was stuck at the purple screen that precedes it (into which I enter my disk encryption password). Now the funny thing is that I could hear the lightdm startup sound and could actually login by typing my password (disk activity and started processes verify I am actually logged in), but I can't see anything: I'm still stuck at the puple screen. Uninstalling the nvidia drivers solved the problem: I'm typing this in a browser window using the nouveau drivers. I atttempted switching to nvidia-304, but that doesn't work either. Using those drivers I am shown the lightdm login screen, but after logging in I'm stuck with a screen showing only the background image. Nothing else is available, no keyboard or mouse trickery will reveal any menu, dialog or terminal to gain access. Since nouveau doesn't support a multi-monitor setup, it would be great if I someone could tell me how to get the nvidia drivers working again. Some things I noticed: - .xsession-errors reported 'Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0"' - /var/log/Xorg.0.log reported 'setversion 1.4 failed: Permission denied' [1] The packages that were updated: Start-Date: 2014-09-03 15:07:38 Upgrade: libsystemd-login0:amd64 (204-5ubuntu20.4, 204-5ubuntu20.5), systemd-services:amd64 (204-5ubuntu20.4, 204-5ubuntu20.5), librbd1:amd64 (0.80.1-0ubuntu1.1, 0.80.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1), ubuntu-drivers-common:amd64 (0.2.91.5, 0.2.91.6), libsystemd-daemon0:amd64 (204-5ubuntu20.4, 204-5ubuntu20.5), libgudev-1.0-0:amd64 (204-5ubuntu20.4, 204-5ubuntu20.5), libgudev-1.0-0:i386 (204-5ubuntu20.4, 204-5ubuntu20.5), libpam-systemd:amd64 (204-5ubuntu20.4, 204-5ubuntu20.5), librados2:amd64 (0.80.1-0ubuntu1.1, 0.80.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1), shotwell-common:amd64 (0.18.0-0ubuntu4.1, 0.18.0-0ubuntu4.2), udev:amd64 (204-5ubuntu20.4, 204-5ubuntu20.5), shotwell:amd64 (0.18.0-0ubuntu4.1, 0.18.0-0ubuntu4.2), gir1.2-gudev-1.0:amd64 (204-5ubuntu20.4, 204-5ubuntu20.5), libudev-dev:amd64 (204-5ubuntu20.4, 204-5ubuntu20.5), libudev1:amd64 (204-5ubuntu20.4, 204-5ubuntu20.5), libudev1:i386 (204-5ubuntu20.4, 204-5ubuntu20.5), xserver-xorg-video-intel:amd64 (2.99.910-0ubuntu1, 2.99.910-0ubuntu1.1), libsystemd-journal0:amd64 (204-5ubuntu20.4, 204-5ubuntu20.5), rsyslog:amd64 (7.4.4-1ubuntu2, 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.1) End-Date: 2014-09-03 15:08:06 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: nvidia-current-updates (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Sep 4 22:07:11 2014 SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-06-03 (93 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates/+bug/1365695/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
