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nvidia-graphics-drivers package

  1. Bug #625239
  2. Comment #143

Comment 143 for bug 625239

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Seth (bugs-sehe) wrote : Re: [Bug 625239] Re: X starts on wrong tty because gdm starts before nvidia driver is ready

On 09/14/2010 09:28 PM, Jamie Krug wrote:
> BTW, I just disabled my nVidia drivers, so I could at least post an
> update without crashing, and I noticed that my boot was notably MUCH
> faster. I'll be curious to see if I notice the same with your fix. Off
> to apply your patch. Thanks!
>
 If you are desparate for a workaround, the following should work, just
append it to rc.local (before exit 0...)

    gdmtty="/dev/$(ps --no-heading -o tty -p $(pgrep X))"
    while true
    do
        sleep .1
        stty -F "$gdmtty" -isig
    done

As I've documented before, I could be running 'stably' with X on a tty
shared with getty for more than an hour, seeing all the other signs
(scroll lock light toggling slowly etc.)