problem with Xorg

Jimmy Wu jimmywu013 at gmail.com
Fri Jul 6 16:23:37 UTC 2007


I managed to install the nvidia driver in a rather unexpected way:  I
rebooted my computer, and the X server broke again (ie failed to start)
that was quite convenient for me to install the driver so I used the
opportunity to do that
Then, I followed the readme instructions about editing xorg.conf, and
rebooted, with more errors (X still isn't working)

doing cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE gives me this:
 (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! Please ensure
(EE) NVIDIA(0):      that there is a supported NVIDIA GPU in this system,
and
(EE) NVIDIA(0):      that the NVIDIA device files have been created
properly.
(EE) NVIDIA(0):      Please consult the NVIDIA README for details.
(EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

 Fatal server error:
no screens found

Also, the boot screen gives me these messages about the X server:
Error: API mismatch: the NVIDIA kernel module is version 1.0.7184, but this
X module is version 1.0.7185.  Please be sure that your kernel module and
all NVIDIA driver files have the same driver version.

On 7/6/07, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> Jimmy Wu wrote:
> > when I run the install from runlevel 1, it gives me a warning (it says
> > something about possible problems with certain daemons being disabled)
> > and advises me to switch to runlevel 3.  When I do that, the GUI starts
> > back up again.
> >
> > Is there anyway to just tell the X-server to exit while remaining in
> > runlevel 3
>
> I think you should keep the normal runlevel 2 but stop gdm
>
> /etc/init.d/gdm stop
>
> then install the nvidia driver and afterwards restart gdm:
>
> /etc/init.d/gdm start
>
> If you are using Kubuntu, replace gdm with kdm.
>
>
> Nils
>
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