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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Doing a …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'># dpkg -S nvidia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I get a list of install packages with nvidia headers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Nvidia-kernel-common<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Try re-installing these modules.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>George<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jimmy Wu<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 06, 2007 12:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: problem with Xorg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>that was quite convenient for me to install the driver so I
used the opportunity to do that<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Then, I followed the readme instructions about editing
xorg.conf, and rebooted, with more errors (X still isn't working)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>doing cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE gives me this:<br>
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.<br>
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! Please ensure <br>
(EE) NVIDIA(0): that there is a supported NVIDIA
GPU in this system, and<br>
(EE) NVIDIA(0): that the NVIDIA device files have
been created properly. <br>
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Please consult the NVIDIA README
for details. <br>
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***<br>
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> Fatal server error:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>no screens found<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Also, the boot screen gives me these messages about the X
server:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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. <br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote>On 7/6/07, <b>Nils Kassube</b> <<a
href="mailto:kassube@gmx.net">kassube@gmx.net</a>> wrote:</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Jimmy Wu wrote:<br>
> when I run the install from runlevel 1, it gives me a warning (it says<br>
> something about possible problems with certain daemons being disabled) <br>
> and advises me to switch to runlevel 3. When I do that, the GUI
starts<br>
> back up again.<br>
><br>
> Is there anyway to just tell the X-server to exit while remaining in<br>
> runlevel 3<br>
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I think you should keep the normal runlevel 2 but stop gdm <br>
<br>
/etc/init.d/gdm stop<br>
<br>
then install the nvidia driver and afterwards restart gdm:<br>
<br>
/etc/init.d/gdm start<br>
<br>
If you are using Kubuntu, replace gdm with kdm.<br>
<br>
<br>
Nils<br>
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