Nvidia driver version mis-match keeps X from running

[Thomas Kaiser]

Alex Janssen wrote:
> 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
> 

Hello Alex

Looks like you have a conflict between 1.0-8774 and 1.0-8762? Do you 
have the Ubuntu package and nvidia's package installed? Try to remove 
the nvidia stuff.

Sorry, not more help. Maybe I can update my box this evening and see 
whats happen.

Regards, Thomas


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