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has caused the Debian Bug report #474734,
regarding nvidia-kernel-source: X server doesn't recognize the correct version
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Package: nvidia-kernel-source
Version: 169.12-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
After upgrading the nvidia-kernel-source package, then de-tarring it, I
compiled it, it gave me a .deb file stamped 169.12, I installed it
straight forward with dpkg, then I could upgrade nvidia-glx.
I restarted the X server, and it failed showing me this error:
"API mismatch: the NVIDIA kernel module has version 169.09, but the
NVIDIA driver component has version 169.12"
the same problem still occurs even doing these
# rmmod nvidia
# modprobe nvidia
and even when restarting the whole system.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-source depends on:
ii debhelper 6.0.11 helper programs for
debian/rules
ii dpatch 2.0.29 patch maintenance system
for Debia
ii make 3.81-4 The GNU version of the
"make" util
ii sed 4.1.5-6 The GNU sed stream editor
Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-source recommends:
ii devscripts 2.10.23 scripts to make the life of
a Debi
ii kernel-package 11.001-0.1 A utility for building
Linux kerne
ii nvidia-glx 169.12-1 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
It says an onther error: "failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module", so I
created a symbolic link from nvidia/nvidia.ko to
kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko, but I had no more success, then I tried
with a hard link and it worked all correct.
It's no wonder X "doesn't recognize the correct version" when you made
the driver a hard link to another driver. Next time a problem like this
happens, don't be surprised if stuff breaks after you tried random stuff
before trying to understand the problem.
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