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

[Mario Vukelic]

On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 07:48 -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> 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.

Oh, I see :) Did you follow the instructions?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia

And when it failed, did you check the logs, most
importantly /var/log/Xorg.0.log ?

> The recent drivers from their site seem to need
> re-installation each reboot.

I cannot imagine that this is generally the case.

> 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.

Yes, the nvidia driver from the site always comes with its own kernel
module. It has to, since the kernel module is jut as proprietary as the
X driver; and this is also where the Ubuntu-packaged kernel module comes
from. 

Certainly the X driver and the kernel module need to have the same
version. I don't think it is a good idea to use the self-compiled X
driver and the packaged kernel module. Both should be either the
packaged versions or the self-compiled one. 

The whole procedure to self-compile is explained here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaManual