<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Mark Greenwood <<a href="mailto:fatgerman@ntlworld.com">fatgerman@ntlworld.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Thursday 02 Jul 2009 01:41:39 Jack Trades wrote: > (II) LoadModule: "nv" > (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nv_drv.so > (II) Module nv: vendor="X.Org Foundation" > compiled for 1.6.0, module version = 2.1.12 > Module class: X.Org Video Driver > ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 5.0 </div>This shows it's using the 'nv' driver (i.e. the free one, not the restricted one). </blockquote><div> I had to disable the restricted driver because I couldn't get to the login screen. So, I imagine, that's why it's using the nv driver. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> What do you get if you do uname -a sudo dkms status You should see, if you've installed from restricted drivers and not the nvidia download, an installed nvidia module listed against the kernel version mentioned in uname -a. If not, the installation is broken. </blockquote></div> trades@box:~$ uname -a Linux box 2.6.28-13-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 30 22:12:12 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux trades@box:~$ sudo dkms status nvidia, 180.44, 2.6.28-13-generic, x86_64: installed nvidia, 180.44, 2.6.28-11-generic, x86_64: installed I tried upgrading the kernel, and making sure I had the proper linux-headers and linux-restricted-modules. Then I enabled the 180 driver, and again I got random colors instead of a login screen. Jack Trades