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[16:06] <Dandel> ricotz, the recent packaging changes ( in xorg-edgers ) for nvidia 331.20 on precise breaks install... it does not install the nvidia-331-uvm package ( required since this is the kernel module )
[16:13] <tseliot> he can reuse the packaging from precise-proposed
[16:13] <Dandel> tseliot, it looks like the issue is that the nvidia kernel module is not built and set to modprobe at boot
[16:14] <tseliot> Dandel: does the build fail?
[16:14] <Dandel> no
[16:14] <Dandel> the build, using this command works just fine... sudo dkms build -m nvidia -v 331-331.20
[16:14] <Dandel> and it probes just fine also ( using the nvidia_331 module )
[16:15] <Dandel> however the module was not loaded at boot ( extremely odd )
[16:15] <tseliot> Dandel: yes, that's meant to be loaded and used on demand
[16:15] <tseliot> it's not something that the driver requires
[16:16] <Dandel> although I did a recent kernel update to linux-image-3.5.0-45-generic ( 3.5.0-45.68~precise1 )  on top of updating the nvidia driver
[16:16] <Dandel> where I updated the kernel *and* nvidia driver at the same time
[16:18] <Dandel> hmm... exact update order... Install nvidia-331 ( latest ) then install linux-image-3.5.0-45-generic
[16:18] <Dandel> so most likely the bug is not t he nvidia driver but the kernel package not attempting to build all dkms modules 
[16:19] <Dandel> this is based on checking the dpkg.log file
[16:20] <tseliot> Dandel: make sure the headers for that kernel are installed too
[16:22] <Dandel> tseliot, They are installed... the particular log i was using is here ( http://paste.ubuntu.com/6685436/ )
[16:24] <Dandel> line 1096 and 1484 to 1581 are of interest ( nvidia driver update and kernel update )
[16:24] <Dandel> the tailing portion of the log is after I rebooted.
[16:32] <Dandel> brb... haft to restart xorg.
[16:38] <Dandel> tseliot, no go... it's definitely broken.
[16:39] <Dandel> the only thing even remotely listed is the dmesg log for nvidia is the alsa inputs ( kernel module does not load ).
[16:39] <Dandel> and xorg.0.log says it can't find the nvidia module
[16:47] <Dandel> tseliot, I'm forcing a package downgrade to see if that fixes the problem with the nvidia driver. ( from 331.20-0ubuntu8~xedgers~precise1 to 331.20-0ubuntu1~xedgers~precise1 )
[16:52] <Dandel> hmm... that's annoying... can't use synaptic to purge the nvidia-331 packages... wants to force the install of nvidia-304 ><;
[16:55] <Dandel> I see... the bumblebee-nvidia package was what caused that 0o'
[17:03] <tseliot> Dandel: you can use my packages from precise-proposed
[17:04] <ricotz> Dandel, where is your bumblebee package coming from?
[17:06] <ricotz> the current bumblebee in trusty doesnt support 331, but precise doesnt even ship a package
[17:07] <ricotz> therefore there are updated saucy and trusty packages in edgers
[17:10] <Dandel> ricotz, the bumblebee ppa
[17:10] <Dandel> to be exact, this ppa ( https://launchpad.net/~bumblebee/+archive/stable )
[17:11] <Dandel> ricotz, it's somewhat odd since I didn't have any issues until the absolute latest round of updates
[17:13] <ricotz> Dandel, ok, bumblebee got add to Recommends so it gets pulled in
[17:18] <Dandel> ricotz, I would also say that the opencl ICD ( and headers ) updates should get pulled into the latest lts.
[17:19] <ricotz> Dandel, yeah -- tseliot, i don't see a reason to revert the packaging split for precise?
[17:20] <Dandel> there is little to no reason to avoid including this since it's somewhat dumb to provide opencl headers package ( opencl-headers ) and have nothing to link it to... It is sort of on the order of allowing the opengl dev headers to install but not have any opengl libs.
[17:20] <tseliot> ricotz: what packaging split?
[17:21] <ricotz> tseliot, installing the opencl library in separate packages
[17:22] <tseliot> ricotz: we only do that in 14.04. I don't think I have introduced that change in precise
[17:22] <ricotz> tseliot, yes, that is why i am wondering what the reason for that was
[17:22] <Dandel> ricotz, there should be no reason to override the opencl lib. There is a set OpenCL ICD spec that exists where all you need to have is the nvidia driver (or ATI/AMD Driver) and the ocl-icd-libopencl1 package.
[17:23] <tseliot> ricotz: the packages in precise-proposed don't have that change
[17:24] <tseliot> ricotz: users might want to use those libraries without having to install the driver
[17:25] <Dandel> tseliot, where do i find the precise-proposed packages?
[17:25] <ricotz> tseliot, right, and they cant because the split isnt done for precise
[17:25] <tseliot> Dandel: in the precise-proposed repository
[17:26] <ricotz> tseliot, i am asking why it *isnt* done
[17:26] <ricotz> tseliot, this is most likely just calling for trouble on upgrades
[17:27] <ricotz> if there are not conflicts defined
[17:28] <tseliot> ricotz: in 14.04 you can't install all the drivers at the same time, whereas in 12.04 you can. This is why.
[17:30] <ricotz> hmm, still looks like a (maybe) broken upgrade path
[17:31] <Dandel> tseliot, does 14.04 enable vdpau on noveau and radeon drivers? ( a critical addition to the driver that was made in the last 6 months )
[17:32] <tseliot> ricotz: nvidia will be replaced by a new nvidia which will also pull in the other libraries. It didn't break here
[17:32] <tseliot> Dandel: tjaalton mlankhorst should know about vdpau
[17:33] <Dandel> tseliot, I already mentioned this a couple of times... It's a new feature in the Mesa 10.0 tree
[17:36] <tseliot> we'll see then
[17:38] <Dandel> tseliot, There's also other improvements that also appear in mesa like Opencl ( since Mesa 9.0, it's the gallium state tracker called clover )
[17:39] <tseliot> I think there was a discussion about opencl in debian
[17:42] <Dandel> Yea, and it definitely is because Mesa 10.0 added support for OpenCL ICD.
[18:08] <mlankhorst> it's not enabled for now
[18:13] <mlankhorst> as soon as it is clear that it becomes an improvement I may enable it, but I'm still reading about way too many vdpau related regressions
[19:04] <Dandel> mlankhorst, vdpau has some regressions but there is a lot of improvements by having it enabled... particularly for lower power machines.
[19:06] <Dandel> the only way for some machines to play 1080p video is to have vdpau enabled. A good example of one of these machines is the AMD E-series like the E350 or similar.
[19:06] <Dandel> also, there is major battery life improvements that can be seen on multiple machines like the amd APU based laptops
[19:07] <Dandel> hardware accelerated video decoding can easily cause major improvements in battery life for the effected laptops... There is a major difference between 2 hours of battery life and 3 hours of battery life.
[19:10] <Dandel> mlankhorst, what time period was the regressions listed? ( I know that there was a ton of issues initially, but most of the regressions/problems have been fixed )
[23:11] <Dandel> mlankhorst, I believe the latest openelec development series ( generic configuration ) uses mesa with vdpau ( a single patch was added to enable vdpau playback with interlaced video )
[23:27] <Dandel> ricotz, the precise-proposed 331 driver ( nvidia-331-updates ) worked... although it may be a good idea to change nvidia-settings package to have the version number with it ( to help avoid packaging avoid conflicts )