On 16/02/12 02:06, Frank Peters wrote:
After updating nvidia-drivers from 290.10 to 295.20-r1, I cannot start X
and the log files contain this message:
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the
[ 3482.609] (EE) NVIDIA(0): system's kernel log for additional error
messages and
[ 3482.609] (EE) NVIDIA(0): consult the NVIDIA README for details.
[ 3482.609] (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
[ 3482.609]
NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 295.20, but
NVRM: this kernel module has the version 290.10.
What could be the problem? I've seen no other reports of
this issue.
The above error means that the kernel module that is currently loaded is
the old one while the X driver is the new one. In other words, you only
tried to restart X instead of rebooting the machine or terminating X,
doing "modprobe -r nvidia" and then restarting X.
Contrary to other posts, you do NOT need to rebuild your kernel. You
only need to load the new kernel module.
