[Bug 79331] [Feisty] nvidia driver not working for 2.6.19 kernel

[José M. López-Cepero]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: linux

The nvidia kernel module is unusable with the 2.6.19 Feisty kernel. The
message in /var/log/messages says it all:

Jan 14 16:49:22 localhost kernel: [   95.730395] NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 1.0-9631, but
Jan 14 16:49:22 localhost kernel: [   95.730398] NVRM: this kernel module has the version 1.0-9629.  Please
Jan 14 16:49:22 localhost kernel: [   95.730400] NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver
Jan 14 16:49:22 localhost kernel: [   95.730402] NVRM: components have the same version.

I'm rather confident that the problem is that the nvidia kernel provided
in the current package (linux-restricted-modules-2.6.19-7-generic) are
1.0.9629, whereas the ones in the corresponding 2.6.20-4-generic
package, as well as in nvidia-glx, are 1.0.9631.

The straightforward solution is providing 1.0.9631 in the 2.6.19
package. If there is some misterious reason why that can't be, I suggest
at least providing the corresponding nvidia-glx version as an
alternative (right now it's only 1.0.9631).

I don't think this bug is related to bug #79228, since the mismatch I'm
reporting prevents X from loading completely.

By the way, the module works perfectly with the default 2.6.20 kernel,
but I have to stick with 2.6.19 because of an incompatibility with my
wireless adapter (I use a rt73 USB key, and the rt73 driver from the
rt2x00 project does not yet support 2.6.20).

** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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[Feisty] nvidia driver not working for 2.6.19 kernel
https://launchpad.net/bugs/79331