Public bug reported:
This is a problem concerning updating to the latest NVIDIA drivers.
When the package linux-restricted-modules-* is installed on a system,
and one tries to install the NVIDIA drivers with their third-party
installer, the linux-restricted-modules package keeps it's kernel
module, while the X server tries to use the driver from the installer;
causing a difficult to fix version mismatch. This version mismatch
obviously stops the X server from starting.
The ways to fix this are,
1) To remove the installers components, `sh NVIDIA-* --uninstall`
2) To manually delete the modules in /lib that conflict (hackish)
3) To use a third party repository to gain a more up to date version of
linux-restricted-modules
As you can see none of these fixes are very easy or user friendly; so,
in my opinion, this behavior should be fixed.
** Affects: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
** Description changed:
This is a problem concerning updating to the latest NVIDIA drivers.
- When the package linux-restricted-modules-* is installed a system, and
- one tries to install the NVIDIA drivers with their third-party
+ When the package linux-restricted-modules-* is installed on a system,
+ and one tries to install the NVIDIA drivers with their third-party
installer, the linux-restricted-modules package keeps it's kernel
module, while the X server tries to use the driver from the installer;
causing a difficult to fix version mismatch. This version mismatch
obviously stops the X server from starting.
The ways to fix this are,
1) To remove the installers components, `sh NVIDIA-* --uninstall`
2) To manually delete the modules in /lib that conflict (hackish)
3) To use a third party to gain a more up to date version of
linux-restricted-modules
- As you can see none of these fixes are very easy or user friendly, so
- this behavior should be fixed.
+ As you can see none of these fixes are very easy or user friendly; so,
+ in my opinion, this behavior should be fixed.
** Description changed:
This is a problem concerning updating to the latest NVIDIA drivers.
When the package linux-restricted-modules-* is installed on a system,
and one tries to install the NVIDIA drivers with their third-party
installer, the linux-restricted-modules package keeps it's kernel
module, while the X server tries to use the driver from the installer;
causing a difficult to fix version mismatch. This version mismatch
obviously stops the X server from starting.
The ways to fix this are,
1) To remove the installers components, `sh NVIDIA-* --uninstall`
2) To manually delete the modules in /lib that conflict (hackish)
- 3) To use a third party to gain a more up to date version of
linux-restricted-modules
+ 3) To use a third party repository to gain a more up to date version of
linux-restricted-modules
As you can see none of these fixes are very easy or user friendly; so,
in my opinion, this behavior should be fixed.
** Tags added: linux-restricted-modules nvidia
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linux-restricted-modules causes modules mismatch with nvidia installer
https://launchpad.net/bugs/84630
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