Nvidia driver version mis-match keeps X from running

[Alex Janssen]

Thomas Kaiser said the following on 09/25/2006 12:34 PM:
> 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
>
>   
Version 1.0-8774 is the current version number posted by Nvidia at 
http://www.nvidia.com/partner_certified_drivers.html.

Remember my log file shows 8774 is the driver having a conflict with the 
GLX module 8762.  This makes sense, but why wasn't my GLX module 
upgraded along with the driver?

Here's what I have on my system currently:
apjjr at LAS:~$ uname -a
Linux LAS 2.6.15-27-386 #1 PREEMPT Sat Sep 16 01:51:59 UTC 2006 i686 
GNU/Linux

apjjr at LAS:~$ dpkg -l | grep nvidia
ii  nvidia-glx                             1.0.8762+2.6.15.11-5   NVIDIA 
binary XFree86 4.x/X.Org driver
rc  nvidia-glx-dev                         1.0.8762+2.6.15.11-5   NVIDIA 
binary XFree86 4.x/X.Org driver devel
ii  nvidia-kernel-common                   20051028+1   NVIDIA binary 
kernel module common files

apjjr at LAS:~$ apt-cache show nvidia-glx
Package: nvidia-glx
Priority: optional
Section: restricted/x11
Installed-Size: 12240
Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team <kernel-team at lists.ubuntu.com>
Architecture: i386
Source: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15 (2.6.15.11-5)
Version: 1.0.8762+2.6.15.11-5
Replaces: nvidia-glx-src
Provides: xserver-xorg-driver
Depends: nvidia-kernel-1.0.8762, xserver-xorg-core (>= 1:0.99.0-1), 
libglu1-mesa | libglu1, libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.9.0), libc6 (>= 2.3.4-1), 
libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.10.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), libpango1.0-0 (>= 
1.12.2), libx11-6, libxext6
Suggests: nvidia-kernel-source (>= 1.0.8762)
Conflicts: nvidia-glx-src, nvidia-settings, nvidia-xconfig
Filename: 
pool/restricted/l/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15/nvidia-glx_1.0.8762+2.6.15.11-5_i386.deb
Size: 4059046
MD5sum: a298991f56523200ff4c75dacde9d296
Description: NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x/X.Org driver
 These XFree86 4.x/X.Org binary drivers provide optimized hardware 
acceleration
 of OpenGL applications via a direct-rendering X Server and support the 
newer
 GeForce, nForce and Quadro families of NVIDIA chipsets.  AGP, TV-out and
 flat panel displays are also supported.
 .
 If you have a TNT, TNT2, or older GeForce, you may need the 
nvidia-glx-legacy
 package instead of this one.
 .
 To enable the driver, run "sudo nvidia-glx-config enable".
Bugs: mailto:ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Origin: Ubuntu

Package: nvidia-glx
Priority: optional
Section: restricted/x11
Installed-Size: 12240
Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team <kernel-team at lists.ubuntu.com>
Architecture: i386
Source: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15 (2.6.15.11-1)
Version: 1.0.8762+2.6.15.11-1
Replaces: nvidia-glx-src
Provides: xserver-xorg-driver
Depends: nvidia-kernel-1.0.8762, xserver-xorg-core (>= 1:0.99.0-1), 
libglu1-mesa | libglu1, libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.9.0), libc6 (>= 2.3.4-1), 
libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.10.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), libpango1.0-0 (>= 
1.12.2), libx11-6, libxext6
Suggests: nvidia-kernel-source (>= 1.0.8762)
Conflicts: nvidia-glx-src, nvidia-settings, nvidia-xconfig
Filename: 
pool/restricted/l/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15/nvidia-glx_1.0.8762+2.6.15.11-1_i386.deb
Size: 4058898
MD5sum: 804c6f5c2e157e20df2dd052ade8a8de
Description: NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x/X.Org driver
 These XFree86 4.x/X.Org binary drivers provide optimized hardware 
acceleration
 of OpenGL applications via a direct-rendering X Server and support the 
newer
 GeForce, nForce and Quadro families of NVIDIA chipsets.  AGP, TV-out and
 flat panel displays are also supported.
 .
 If you have a TNT, TNT2, or older GeForce, you may need the 
nvidia-glx-legacy
 package instead of this one.
 .
 To enable the driver, run "sudo nvidia-glx-config enable".
Bugs: mailto:ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Origin: Ubuntu


Still working on this,
Alex

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