I had had the same like solo0815 and the others, I upgraded from gutsy on my PC at work.
$ tail /var/log/message May 3 22:09:36 NVRM: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 Kernel Module 96.43.05 Tue Jan 22 19:36:58 PST 2008 $ /etc/init.d/gdm start $ tail /var/log/message May 3 22:09:36 NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 169.12, but May 3 22:09:36 NVRM: this kernel module has the version 96.43.05. Please May 3 22:09:36 NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver May 3 22:09:36 NVRM: components have the same version. In /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common I wrote like Doug Brunner suggests DISABLED_MODULES="nvidia nvidia_legacy" $ apt-get install --reinstall linux-restricted-modules $ apt-get install --reinstall nvidia_glx_new $ apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-glx-new-dev $ cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.nvidia.gutsy /etc/X11/xorg.conf now I tried: $ modprobe -v nvidia_new $ tail /var/log/message May 3 22:31:07 NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 169.12 Thu Feb 14 17:53:07 PST 2008 $ /etc/init.d/gdm start Now are no API mismatchs in /var/log/message and I get the normal gdm- greater root 5351 0.0 0.0 14056 1584 ? Ss 22:32 0:00 /usr/sbin/gdm root 5352 0.0 0.1 17788 3320 ? S 22:32 0:00 /usr/sbin/gdm root 5359 0.1 1.0 812400 21208 tty7 SLs+ 22:32 0:01 /usr/bin/X :0 -br -audit 0 -dpi 100 -auth /var/lib/gdm/:0.Xauth -nolisten tcp vt7 gdm 5377 0.1 1.3 38772 27904 ? Ss 22:32 0:01 /usr/lib/gdm/gdmgreeter instead of the failsafeXinit before: root 4216 0.0 0.0 1772 504 ? S 22:09 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/gdm/failsafeXinit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.failsafe with-gdm So it seems to run now, but I sit 20 km away from the PC at work. Next I want to try if the right modules were loaded automatic on boot time. -- Regression: nvidia-glx-new incompatible with Linux 2.6.24-16 (works with -15) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221239 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
