problem with Xorg

[Njoku, George O.]

Doing a ...

 

# dpkg  -S nvidia

 

I get a list of install packages with nvidia headers

 

Nvidia-kernel-common

Linux-restricted-modules

 

Try re-installing these modules.

 

George

 

 

 

 

 

From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy Wu
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 12:24 PM
To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
Subject: Re: problem with Xorg

 

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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