Jaunty beta - lost my nvidia drivers

[sdavmor]

Leonard Chatagnier wrote:
> 

> --- On Sun, 4/5/09, sdavmor <sdavmor at systemstheory.net> wrote:
> 
>> From: sdavmor <sdavmor at systemstheory.net> Subject: Jaunty beta -
>> lost my nvidia drivers To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not
>> for general discussions"
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Date: Sunday, April 5, 2009, 9:06 PM I'm back to using the open
>> drivers right now because the latest update crashed the nvidia
>> video on reboot. Downgrading the proprietary drivers from 180 to
>> 173 doesn't help. I see that this xorg issue has been reported
>> with ATI. Has anyone else experienced this vith nvidia?

> This may help:

http://www.google.com/search?q=jaunty+nvidia+drivers&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a

> The first hit said the 108.11 driver was the latest recommended 
> driver. Sorry, haven't installed jaunty yet so can't comment on it.
>  However, it's not too uncommen having to install a newer driver 
> especially after a new kernel is installed or perhaps it's a bug. 
> If it were me I'd do an 'aptitude search nvidia' to see what is 
> availabe in the proprietary drivers that might suit you needs.
> Also, reboot in recovery mode and select xfix, let it run to
> completion, then continue the boot and it might fix X. I assume
> that xfix is still there in Jaunty beta. You might also google for
> your video chip+jaunty and perhaps locate the specific nvidia
> module recommended for our card/chip. there are lots of googling 
> possibilities that may help solve your problem. HTH, Leonard
> Chatagnier lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net

I tried re-downloading each of the nvidia drivers in turn from newest
to oldest. They *all* cause the crash on Jaunty so for now I'm leaving
it on the open source driver. It occurred with the most recent updates
to the Jaunty beta I installed (yesterday morning). I'm OK with the
screen the way it is for now until it's fixed upstream since it's
already an identified problem. The xfix is available as a drop-down
option on the recovery menu. That's what I used to get back up and
running.
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