(switch_x_driver) do not reconfigure to default driver if it's not installed

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/perl-install/NEWS b/perl-install/NEWS
index b62145a58..b9c6819a2 100644
--- a/perl-install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 - service_harddrake: 
   o fix detecting nvidia proprietary driver when checking if current
     xorg driver still supports current card (#54943)
+  o do not reconfigure to default driver if it's not installed
   o reconfigure X11 driver if current X11 driver is neither one of
     currently supported driver for the card for drivers other than ATI
    & NVidia too (eg: poulsbo)
diff --git a/perl-install/standalone/service_harddrake b/perl-install/standalone/service_harddrake
index 9b1ac5274..a3d3f7d15 100755
--- a/perl-install/standalone/service_harddrake
+++ b/perl-install/standalone/service_harddrake
@@ -74,8 +74,15 @@ sub schedule_warn_about_switch() {
     touch('/var/run/harddrake-notify-x11-free-driver-switch');
 }
 
+my $lib = arch() =~ /x86_64/ ? "lib64" : "lib";
 sub switch_x_driver {
     my ($old_driver, $new_driver, $reason) = @_;
+    # nvidia driver has special place:
+    if (!-e "/usr/$lib/xorg/modules/drivers/${new_driver}_drv.so"
+          && !-e "/usr/$lib/xorg/extra-modules/${new_driver}_drv.so") {
+        log::explanations("would switch X.org driver from '$old_driver' to '$new_driver' ($reason); but new driver is not installed");
+        return;
+    }
     cp_af('/etc/X11/xorg.conf', "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.mdv$^T");
     substInFile { s!Driver "($old_driver)"!Driver "$new_driver"!g } '/etc/X11/xorg.conf';
     log::explanations("switch X.org driver from '$old_driver' to '$new_driver' ($reason)");