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    xserver update killed my 3D graphics.

    Just an FYI in case your PC is using an intel video chip and you see three packages being offered for a security update:
    xserver-common
    xserver-xorg-core
    xserver-xorg-dev

    The version offered is 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.8, replacing 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.

    Minecraft, Stellarium and all my other accelerated graphics apps crashed or locked up my desktop (IF I ran them from the menu. If I ran them from a Konsole I could close the Konsole, eliminating the hang.)

    I reinstalled the previous version and restored my acceleration. I'll just live with the security hole, what ever it is.

    To avoid this update refer to Rog131's post on "pinning" an application: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...1701#msg261701
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    Re: xserver update killed my 3D graphics.

    Hi GreyGeek...

    I am having this exact issue with the system I am now working on. However, after the update, my version(s) reads: 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.10

    Is it possible that this bug has continued on to my version or is this a different problem? It it's the former, how would I go about cleanly reinstalling version 7.0, as you did? I'm sorry, the thread you mentioned didn't make much sense to me.

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      Re: xserver update killed my 3D graphics.

      First, see if changing the video section on System Settings will work, specifically the Advanced Tab of the "Configure Desktop Effects". Try XRender for the compositing type, and/or check "Direct Rendering". Play around.

      If nothing works, which was the result I got, I went looking for the version of the previous driver, which was 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7. The Synaptic package manager has a "versions" tab. When I selected the xserver-common package the versions tab listed two versions available: the one I am currently using, listed under the updated one, which is (on my system) 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.10(lucid updates), which broke my video. I installed the "good" version and uninstalled the version which caused the problem. While Synaptic was still open I selected each of the three good xserver files I just installed and selected "Package-->Force Version". Tiny little lock icons show over the green box if done correctly. That locks them while using Synaptic, but not when using other package managers or the command line. To make the lock universal I added the following to /etc/apt/preferences (which I had to create):
      Code:
      Package: xserver-common
Pin: version 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7
Pin-Priority: 1001

Package: xserver-xorg-core
Pin: version 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7
pin-Priority: 1001

Package: xserver-xorg-dev
Pin: version 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7
Pin-Priority: 1001
      Adjust the names to suit your circumstance.
      I then logged out and restarted the xserver on the login screen, logged back in, and was in Nirvana again!
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        Re: xserver update killed my 3D graphics.

        Hi GreyGeek...

        Problem solved, I went ahead and invested in a Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 128 MB video card from Chaintech. Much better graphics.

        Regards...
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          Re: xserver update killed my 3D graphics.

          The x-edgers PPA shows X Server 1.8.2 for Lucid...maybe that would work for you both?
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            Re: xserver update killed my 3D graphics.

            Originally posted by SteveRiley
            The x-edgers PPA shows X Server 1.8.2 for Lucid...maybe that would work for you both?
            Hi Steve...

            Thanks for the link but sheesh, what a name!

            The new card I bought should be better than what the Intel chipset could deliver anyway.

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              Re: xserver update killed my 3D graphics.

              I decided to try the edgers ppa.
              I did the apt-add-repository, reloaded, unpinned my old video drivers, removed them, installed the edgers video drivers and rebooted.
              I was greeted with a black screen.
              I rebooted and took the repair option of root with network.
              When I got root I issued "startx". After a few seconds I heard the desktop theme play, but I still had a black screen.
              I rebooted.
              In checking the version of the xserver-xorg-video-intel I discovered that it hadn't loaded! The apt-add-repository had mangled the ppa url. I redid it and then apt-get reported two edgers ppa listings in sources.list. I manually edited sources.list and sources.d and fixed the problem.
              I ran apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel. It and its dependencies loaded.
              I rebooted and got my video back.
              Stellarium reported a "resting" fps of nearly twice what it was on the old driver. Things snap!

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                Re: xserver update killed my 3D graphics.

                I wonder what might have caused that. Do you know whether you had pinned any other components that are present in xorg-edgers? They do warn that you should allow the PPA to install in its entirety...
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                  Re: xserver update killed my 3D graphics.

                  Nope. I had pinned only the three xorg files, and unpinned them before I started the upgrade. Doing an autopsy it appears that the ppa got put into sources.d but not in sources.list. When I redid the apt-add-repository it was put into sources..d a second time, and into sources.list. When I removed the earlier version from sources.d, which was mangled, things returned back to normal.
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