On Tue, January 8, 2008 10:15 am, Roger Searle wrote: > Hi, I have a Gutsy AMD64 install, and found the default driver to be > unstable (random lockups needing hard power cycling). So I installed > the latest driver from the nvidia site (100.14.19). The installation > routine appears to go without issue, and I can run startx. On next > reboot, I only get a command line login, startx is unsuccessful, and > need to reinstall the driver again before startx would run. > > Weirdness is as follows: I discovered that actually I don't really have > to install the driver, I only need to begin the process! One of the > early screens in the installation says "there appears to already be a > driver installed on your system (version: 100.14.19)" (this is the same > version I'm installing) and asks if you want to proceed. Choosing No > (essentially cancelling the installation of the driver) is enough to now > be able to start X. In fact, all that needs to be done to go from an > unsuccessful "startx" to a successful "startx" is running the > installation command and cancelling the install at the first > opportunity. It's like KDE can't quite remember the driver is installed > and needs a little reminder . . . > > I'm having no luck googling and hoping for some pointers on where to go > / look? > > Other possibly relevant info - on attempting to run startx I have got: > Error: API mismatch: this NVIDIA driver component has version 100.14.19, > but the NVIDIA kernel module's version does not match. Please make sure > all NVIDIA driver components have the same version. > > Looking in Adept I see that nvidia-glx-new, nvidia-kernel-common and > nvidia-new-kernel-source packages are installed. > > Cheers, > Roger
When you boot to command line is the nvidia module loaded? lsmod|grep nvidia will tell you. if not, will startx run after running: sudo modprobe nvidia ? -- Nick Rout
