Nvidia driver version mis-match keeps X from running

[Thomas Kaiser]

Alex Janssen wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
> I thought that should happen that way, but it doesn't appear to be.
> I also use the nvidia package from Ubuntu.
> I have always let the updates get loaded from Ubuntu and not intervene 
> in any way.
> I tried reinstalling and that did not fix it.
> I tried a complete removal of nvidia-glx and a new install and the 
> problem persists.
> The old version of the driver keeps showing up.
> I don't know what to do at this point to force everything to update 
> properly.
> I usually do "apt-get update", "apt-get dist-upgrade" and everything 
> works, but not this time.

Hello Alex

I did not do the latest update, yet. So, I will not do!

Currently installed (Note: it's a AMD64 box):
thomas at AMD64:~$ dpkg -l |grep nvidia-glx
ii  nvidia-glx 
1.0.8762+2.6.15.11-4              NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x/X.Org driver
thomas at AMD64:~$

And the update should bring me 1.0.8762+2.6.15.11-5.

So what is installed on your system right now?

Regards, Thomas

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