Hybrid graphics enablement in 12.04.4

Hello Alberto, or anyone else affected,

Accepted nvidia-settings into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-settings/331.20-0ubuntu0.0.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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Hello Alberto, or anyone else affected,

Accepted nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates/304.116-0ubuntu0.0.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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Hello Alberto, or anyone else affected,

Accepted screen-resolution-extra into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/screen-resolution-extra/0.14ubuntu2.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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Hello Alberto, or anyone else affected,

Accepted lightdm into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/1.2.3-0ubuntu2.4 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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Hello

watchout for bug #1262752 "nvidia_304 not blacklisted or removed when nvidia_304_updates is installed"

Besides I'd like to draw your attention to the fact that Kubuntu 12.04 initially was supllied without support of LightDM, thus the last update to it's greeter lightdam-kde-greeter was somewhat in April 2012.

Even though it has matured in younger versions of Kubuntu.

Some packages listed here get updated w/o approval already?

Alberto, can you pls include the last patch from Trusty's nvidia-prime_0.5.2 ?

https://launchpadlibrarian.net/160288342/nvidia-prime_0.5.1_0.5.2.diff.gz

Single GPU users would appreciate this on KDE/GDM.

Thanks in advance & best wishes to you for the new year.

bug #1262752 should be fixed in the nvidia-304 in precise-proposed.

As for nvidia-prime, that change makes sense in 14.04, where nvidia-prime is recommended by nvidia-$flavour. The same doesn't apply to 12.04 though, where only Jockey installs nvidia-prime on systems with 2 GPUs.

P.S. happy new year to you ;)

I installed nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates and nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 from precise-proposed and intense test it (by playing games on Steam).
It works perfeclty for me.

Verification done for nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 drivers

As a part of the Stable Release Updates quality process a search for Launchpad bug reports using the version of nvidia-settings from precise-proposed was performed and bug 1268027 was found. Please investigate this bug report to ensure that a regression will not be created by this SRU. In the event that this is not a regression remove the "verification-failed" tag from this bug report and tag 1268027 "bot-stop-nagging". Thanks!

Hello Alberto, or anyone else affected,

Accepted nvidia-prime into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-prime/0.5~hybrid0.0.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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As a part of the Stable Release Updates quality process a search for Launchpad bug reports using the version of nvidia-settings from precise-proposed was performed and bug 1268027 was found. Please investigate this bug report to ensure that a regression will not be created by this SRU. In the event that this is not a regression remove the "verification-failed" tag from this bug report and tag 1268027 "bot-stop-nagging". Thanks!

Hello there!

With reference to comment#8 : Could 304 drivers kindly get released? There is the urge to close bug #1262752

This bug was fixed in the package bbswitch - 0.7-2ubuntu0.0.1

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bbswitch (0.7-2ubuntu0.0.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * Initial release (LP: #1259237).
 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:33:18 +0100

The verification of the Stable Release Update for bbswitch has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.

This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates - 331.20-0ubuntu0.0.1

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nvidia-graphics-drivers-331-updates (331.20-0ubuntu0.0.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * Initial release (LP: #1259237).
 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Tue, 10 Dec 2013 12:42:45 +0100

This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 - 304.116-0ubuntu0.0.1

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nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 (304.116-0ubuntu0.0.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * New upstream release (LP: #1259237):
    - Improved compatibility with recent Linux kernels.
    - Updated the NVIDIA OpenGL driver to write temporary files to
      $TMPDIR if it is set, instead of unconditionally writing to
      /tmp (LP: #1212425).
    - Updated a fallback of writing temporary files to $HOME/.nvidia
      to use $HOME/.nv instead, as the latter path is already used
      for other NVIDIA driver related files.

  [ Alberto Milone ]
  * debian/substvars:
    - Add support for lts flavours up to saucy.
  * debian/templates/control.in:
    - Depend on lib32gcc1 [amd64], libc6-i386 [amd64]
      (LP: #1236945).
    - Drop lpia.
  * debian/templates/dkms.conf.in:
    - Drop patch for Linux 3.10.
  * debian/rules:
    - Blacklist the opposite flavour.
    - Blacklist kernel modules from the other flavours.
    - Add the download-sources target.
  * debian/templates/nvidia-graphics-drivers.dirs.in,
    debian/templates/nvidia-graphics-drivers.install.in,
    debian/templates/nvidia-graphics-drivers.override.in,
    debian/templates/nvidia-graphics-drivers.postinst.in,
    debian/nvidia-autostart.desktop.in,
    debian/ubuntu-nvidia-settings.desktop.in:
    - Remove nvidia-settings icon, desktop file, and autostart file.
      This is all provided by nvidia-settings now.
  * debian/templates/nvidia-graphics-drivers.prerm.in,
    debian/templates/nvidia-graphics-drivers.install.in,
    debian/templates/nvidia-graphics-drivers.postinst.in:
    - Disable glamoregl.
    - Do not update gmenucache any more.

  [ Andy Dick ]
  * debian/templates/nvidia-graphics-drivers.preinst.in:
    - Attempt uninstallation of any existing .run file
      installation before installing Debian-packaged
      driver.
  * debian/templates/nvidia-graphics-drivers.postinst.in:
    - Add libcuda.so symlinks in /usr/lib*.
  * debian/rules:
    - Conditionalize the copying of Makefile.kbuild to
      Makefile. This adds support for newer drivers,
      while maintaining support for packaging older drivers.
    - Avoid extracting unnecessary .run files. The 64-bit
      package needs both the 32- and 64-bit .run files, but
      the 32-bit package does not. Change the unpackaging
      rules to unpack only the native package by default,
      and only unpack the 32-bit x86 package on amd64.
      Also, instead of changing the .run file permissions
      to ensure that the .run file is executable, just call
      it as an argument to sh.
    - Don't assume that extracted files are writable.
      The package contents extracted from some .run file
      installers may not have write permissions enabled.
      To work around this, move files instead of copying
      them to a temporary location before running sed
      scripts, and add force flags to applicable commands.
 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:07:02 +0100

This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 - 331.20-0ubuntu0.0.1

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nvidia-graphics-drivers-331 (331.20-0ubuntu0.0.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * Initial release (LP: #1259237).
 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:25:58 +0100

This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-settings - 331.20-0ubuntu0.0.1

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nvidia-settings (331.20-0ubuntu0.0.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/series:
    - Do not apply 01_allow_dark_themes.dpatch.
  * debian/patches/07_remove_features_for_legacy.patch:
    - Do not expose features that are not available in the legacy
      drivers.
  * debian/patches/08_add_prime_support.patch:
    - Add support for PRIME switching. An additional
      tab provides support for switching between GPUs.
      This is only visible if nvidia-prime (>= 0.5) is
      installed and reports that the system supports
      hybrid graphics. No hard dependency on nvidia-prime
      is therefore required (LP: #1259237).
  * debian/patches/09_do_not_complain_if_nvidia_is_missing.patch:
    - Disable the warning dialog since it suggests to run
      nvidia-xconfig, which we don't need. This would also break
      PRIME.
  * debian/control.in, debian/postinst.in, debian/postrm.in,
    debian/prerm.in, debian/rules:
    - Drop alternatives and remove templates, as we only have
      one nvidia-settings for all the driver flavours.
  * debian/dirs, debian/install,
    debian/nvidia-settings-autostart.desktop,
    debian/nvidia-settings.desktop:
    - Install the icon and the desktop files.
  * debian/control:
    - Add ${misc:Depends}.
    - Build depend on libvdpau-dev and depend on libvdpau1.
    - Create transitional packages for 319, 319-updates, 313-updates,
      310, 310-updates, 304, 304-updates, experimental-304, updates.
    - Remove lpia.
    - Depend on screen-resolution-extra (>= 0.14ubuntu2.1).
  * debian/rules:
    - Pass the destdir argument in uppercase to match the variable.
    - Add download-sources target.
    - Clean action in rules to target "clean" instead of "distclean".
    - Do not compress .c and .mk files.
 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:23:40 +0100

This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates - 304.116-0ubuntu0.0.1

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nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates (304.116-0ubuntu0.0.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * New upstream release (LP: #1259237):
    - Improved compatibility with recent Linux kernels.
    - Updated the NVIDIA OpenGL driver to write temporary files to
      $TMPDIR if it is set, instead of unconditionally writing to
      /tmp (LP: #1212425).
    - Updated a fallback of writing temporary files to $HOME/.nvidia
      to use $HOME/.nv instead, as the latter path is already used
      for other NVIDIA driver related files.

  [ Alberto Milone ]
  * debian/substvars:
    - Add support for lts flavours up to saucy.
  * debian/templates/control.in:
    - Depend on lib32gcc1 [amd64], libc6-i386 [amd64]
      (LP: #1236945).
    - Drop lpia.
  * debian/templates/dkms.conf.in:
    - Drop patche for Linux 3.11.
  * debian/rules:
    - Blacklist the opposite flavour.
    - Blacklist kernel modules from the other flavours.
  * debian/templates/nvidia-graphics-drivers.dirs.in,
    debian/templates/nvidia-graphics-drivers.install.in,
    debian/templates/nvidia-graphics-drivers.override.in,
    debian/templates/nvidia-graphics-drivers.postinst.in,
    debian/nvidia-autostart.desktop.in,
    debian/ubuntu-nvidia-settings.desktop.in:
    - Remove nvidia-settings icon, desktop file, and autostart file.
      This is all provided by nvidia-settings now.
  * debian/templates/nvidia-graphics-drivers.prerm.in,
    debian/templates/nvidia-graphics-drivers.install.in,
    debian/templates/nvidia-graphics-drivers.postinst.in:
    - Disable glamoregl.
    - Do not update gmenucache any more.

  [ Andy Dick ]
  * debian/templates/nvidia-graphics-drivers.preinst.in:
    - Attempt uninstallation of any existing .run file
      installation before installing Debian-packaged
      driver.
  * debian/templates/nvidia-graphics-drivers.postinst.in:
    - Add libcuda.so symlinks in /usr/lib*.
  * debian/rules:
    - Conditionalize the copying of Makefile.kbuild to
      Makefile. This adds support for newer drivers,
      while maintaining support for packaging older drivers.
    - Avoid extracting unnecessary .run files. The 64-bit
      package needs both the 32- and 64-bit .run files, but
      the 32-bit package does not. Change the unpackaging
      rules to unpack only the native package by default,
      and only unpack the 32-bit x86 package on amd64.
      Also, instead of changing the .run file permissions
      to ensure that the .run file is executable, just call
      it as an argument to sh.
    - Don't assume that extracted files are writable.
      The package contents extracted from some .run file
      installers may not have write permissions enabled.
      To work around this, move files instead of copying
      them to a temporary location before running sed
      scripts, and add force flags to applicable commands.
 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:02:39 +0100

This bug was fixed in the package screen-resolution-extra - 0.14ubuntu2.1

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screen-resolution-extra (0.14ubuntu2.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * nvidia-prime.py, screenresolution-mechanism.py,
    screenresolution-mechanism.policy.in, setup.py:
    - Add action and mechanism for Nvidia PRIME (LP: #1259237).
 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Mon, 09 Dec 2013 19:38:14 +0100

Hello Alberto, or anyone else affected,

Accepted jockey into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/0.9.7-0ubuntu7.13 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

I can confirm that the last two updates work correctly on my laptop:

Jockey detects the new drivers correctly:

~$ jockey-text -l
kmod:wl - Broadcom STA wireless driver (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use) [auto-install]
xorg:nvidia_331 - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use)
xorg:nvidia_331_updates - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (Proprietary, Enabled, In use)

And the system works correctly with the new nvidia-prime.

:~$ apt-cache policy jockey-common
jockey-common:
  Installed: 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.13
  Candidate: 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.13
  Version table:
 *** 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.13 0
        400 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-proposed/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.9.7-0ubuntu7.11 0
        500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main amd64 Packages
     0.9.7-0ubuntu7 0
        500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages

:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-prime
nvidia-prime:
  Installed: 0.5~hybrid0.0.2
  Candidate: 0.5~hybrid0.0.2
  Version table:
 *** 0.5~hybrid0.0.2 0
        400 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-proposed/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.4.2~hybrid0.0.1 0
        500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages

This bug was fixed in the package jockey - 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.13

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jockey (0.9.7-0ubuntu7.13) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * jockey/xorg_driver.py, tests/hybridgraphics.py:
    - Add support for systems with two or more AMD GPUs.
      This is very useful now that AMD's APUs have been
      released (LP: #1272311).
    - Adjust the tests so that they no longer fail when
      dealing with systems with multiple AMD GPUs (now
      dealt with by the fglrx-pxpress package).

jockey (0.9.7-0ubuntu7.12) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * data/handlers/nvidia.py:
    - Add support for nvidia-331 and nvidia-331-updates
      (LP: #1259237).
 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:09:25 +0100

This bug was fixed in the package nvidia-prime - 0.5~hybrid0.0.2

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nvidia-prime (0.5~hybrid0.0.2) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * debian/control:
    - Add alternative dependency on gdm and kdm.
  * debian/preinst.in:
    - Set the lightdm configuration bits only if lightdm is the
      default display manager (LP: #1262068).
  * debian/postrm.in, debian/rules:
    - Avoid calling dpkg-architecture (LP: #1264611).
  * prime-xconfig:
    - Format hexadecimal parameters properly (LP: #1252667).

nvidia-prime (0.5~hybrid0.0.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * New upstream release:
    - Add support for power management (LP: #1259237).
  * debian/control:
    - Depend on upstart, bbswitch, lsb-release, lightdm >= 1.2.3-0ubuntu2.4,
      screen-resolution-extra (>= 0.14ubuntu2.1).
    - Build only for i386 and amd64.
 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:32:47 +0100

This bug was fixed in the package lightdm - 1.2.3-0ubuntu2.4

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lightdm (1.2.3-0ubuntu2.4) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Robert Ancell ]
  * debian/patches/06_config_directory.patch:
    - Backport conf.d configuration support (LP: #1190425)

  [ Alberto Milone ]
  * debian/patches/07_add_display-stopped-script.patch:
    - Backport support for the display-stopped-script entry
      in the configuration file (LP: #1259237)
 -- Alberto Milone <email address hidden> Wed, 18 Dec 2013 14:31:49 +0100