File Content: xorg_fix_proprietary.py #!/usr/bin/python3 # # this script will examine /etc/xorg/xorg.conf and # transition from broken proprietary drivers to the free ones import sys import os import logging import time import shutil # main xorg.conf XORG_CONF = "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" def replace_driver_from_xorg(old_driver, new_driver, xorg=XORG_CONF): """ this removes old_driver driver from the xorg.conf and substitutes it with the new_driver """ if not os.path.exists(xorg): logging.warning("file %s not found" % xorg) return content = [] with open(xorg) as xorg_file: for line in xorg_file: # remove comments s = line.split("#")[0].strip() # check for fglrx driver entry if (s.lower().startswith("driver") and s.endswith('"%s"' % old_driver)): logging.debug("line '%s' found" % line.rstrip()) line = '\tDriver\t"%s"\n' % new_driver logging.debug("replacing with '%s'" % line.rstrip()) content.append(line) # write out the new version with open(xorg) as xorg_file: if xorg_file.readlines() != content: logging.info("saving new %s (%s -> %s)" % (xorg, old_driver, new_driver)) with open(xorg + ".xorg_fix", "w") as xorg_fix_file: xorg_fix_file.write("".join(content)) os.rename(xorg + ".xorg_fix", xorg) def comment_out_driver_from_xorg(old_driver, xorg=XORG_CONF): """ this comments out a driver from xorg.conf """ if not os.path.exists(xorg): logging.warning("file %s not found" % xorg) return content = [] with open(xorg) as xorg_file: for line in xorg_file: # remove comments s = line.split("#")[0].strip() # check for old_driver driver entry if (s.lower().startswith("driver") and s.endswith('"%s"' % old_driver)): logging.debug("line '%s' found" % line.rstrip()) line = '#%s' % line logging.debug("replacing with '%s'" % line.rstrip()) content.append(line) # write out the new version with open(xorg) as xorg_file: if xorg_file.readlines() != content: logging.info("saving new %s (commenting %s)" % (xorg, old_driver)) with open(xorg + ".xorg_fix", "w") as xorg_fix_file: xorg_fix_file.write("".join(content)) os.rename(xorg + ".xorg_fix", xorg) if __name__ == "__main__": if not os.getuid() == 0: print("Need to run as root") sys.exit(1) # we pretend to be do-release-upgrade so that apport picks up if we crash sys.argv[0] = "/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade" # setup logging logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG, filename="/var/log/dist-upgrade/xorg_fixup.log", filemode='w') logging.info("%s running" % sys.argv[0]) if not os.path.exists(XORG_CONF): logging.info("No xorg.conf, exiting") sys.exit(0) # remove empty xorg.conf to help xorg and its auto probing logic # (LP: #439551) if os.path.getsize(XORG_CONF) == 0: logging.info("xorg.conf is zero size, removing") os.remove(XORG_CONF) sys.exit(0) # make a backup of the xorg.conf backup = XORG_CONF + ".dist-upgrade-" + time.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M") logging.debug("creating backup '%s'" % backup) shutil.copy(XORG_CONF, backup) nvidia = False try: mods = [line.split()[0] for line in open('/proc/modules')] except IOError: logging.info("Can't read /proc/modules") sys.exit(0) for m in mods: if m == 'nvidia': nvidia = True break if not nvidia: with open(XORG_CONF) as xorg_conf_file: if "nvidia" in xorg_conf_file.read(): logging.info("Removing nvidia from %s" % XORG_CONF) comment_out_driver_from_xorg("nvidia") Submit