10.04 and nVidia

[Fred A. Miller]

On 03/25/2010 09:33 PM, Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote:
> Em Quinta-feira 25 Março 2010, Fred A. Miller escreveu:
>    
>> After frequent attempts, it's apparent that Ubuntu beta1 is "busted"
>> when it comes to at least some nVidia drivers. The error is that the
>> system can't load the nVidia kernel module. This is a 64-bit box with
>> a nVidia 6150 LE chipset. I updated after install but the system
>> won't load the GUI once a nVidia driver is chosen.
>>
>> Fred
>>      
> After I installed nvidia drivers in Lucid, the nouveau driver would
> always be loaded even if blacklisted. I had to remove it, then the
> nvidia driver worked.
> Well, sort of. The text consoles do not work (CTRL+ALT+Fx).
> Also, if you are running gdm for graphical login, you may run into a
> problem that causes X to restart if you press "2" or ENTER at the login
> screen. This only happen once per system startup and after X is
> restarted everything works fine. Removing plymouth eliminates this
> problem.
>    

I tried this also.....nada. It still can't load the nvidia module....the 
"173" is what I need.

Fred

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