nvidia drivers - NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-100.14.11-pkg2.run

[Cybe R. Wizard]

Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org>  said:
> On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 22:34 -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> > None of those or any combination of them would run beryl on my Edgy.
> 
> Why?

I do so wish that I could tell you but I don't know.
> 
> > The nvidia site download does so I just bite the bullet and
> > re-install with each reboot. 
> 
> Huh? REINSTALL with each REBOOT? I have run nvidia's unpackaged
> drivers before, and this certainly isn't required.

So have I in the past.  The recent drivers from their site seem to need
re-installation each reboot.
> 
> In any case (and this is for the OP), one should either run the kernel
> module and the X driver from nvidia's site, or the packaged versions
> of both. The fact that you mix the two leads to the version conflict
> that you see.
> 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaManual
> 
I'm not sure of the exact message but, before my re-installations after
a reboot, the error message is something quite like the OP has gotten.
I think the nvidia driver builds its own kernel module which isn't
recognized by Ubuntu afterward.  But I don't know that  for sure.

Cybe R. Wizard
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