Needs to transition users of fglrx to a free driver

Bug #274303 reported by Michael Vogt
6
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
update-manager (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Michael Vogt
Intrepid
Fix Released
High
Michael Vogt

Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-manager

The current fglrx driver does not work with xserver 1.5. We need to warn the user before the ugprade and purge that driver during the upgrade (+ rewriting the xorg.conf).

The same seems to be true for nvidia-glx-71 and nvidia-glx-96

Michael Vogt (mvo)
Changed in update-manager:
assignee: nobody → mvo
importance: Undecided → High
milestone: none → ubuntu-8.10-beta
status: New → Triaged
Michael Vogt (mvo)
Changed in update-manager:
status: Triaged → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package update-manager - 1:0.93.18

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update-manager (1:0.93.18) intrepid; urgency=low

  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgrade.cfg:
    - add KeepInstalled rule for adept to help
      the dependency resolver (thanks to MvG)
    - add kubuntu-kde4-desktop metapackage so that
      the meta package detection works for kde4 (LP: #274706)
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeCache.py:
    - fix log for kept packages
    - make the log of the obsolete removal less verbose
    - fix kubuntu-kde4-desktop upgrades (LP: #274706)
  * DistUpgrade/ReleaseAnnouncement:
    - udpated for BETA
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewGtk.py:
    - fix typo and unfuzzy translations. Thanks to Brian Murray
      for the patch, LP: #272726)
  * UpdateManager/UpdateManager.py:
    - add gconf key /apps/update-manager/show_versions to show
      version information (disabled by default, LP: #189406)
  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeQuirks.py:
    - add intrepidPreUpgrade() handler that detects
      fglrx in xorg.conf and warns about it before the upgrade
    - consolidate the various quirks into this file
    - add check for the nvidia-glx-71 and nvidia-glx-96 drivers
      and warn if they will be required
  * DistUpgrade/xorg_fix_intrepid.py:
    - add script that is run after the upgrade that ensures that
      the xorg.conf file gets transitioned to a free driver if
      the proprietary one does not work for intrepid
    - transition from fglrx and nvidia-glx-{71,96} to the free
      driver (LP: #274303)

 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:16:56 +0200

Changed in update-manager:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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