Public bug reported: Binary package hint: linux
The nvidia kernel module is unusable with the 2.6.19 Feisty kernel. The message in /var/log/messages says it all: Jan 14 16:49:22 localhost kernel: [ 95.730395] NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 1.0-9631, but Jan 14 16:49:22 localhost kernel: [ 95.730398] NVRM: this kernel module has the version 1.0-9629. Please Jan 14 16:49:22 localhost kernel: [ 95.730400] NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver Jan 14 16:49:22 localhost kernel: [ 95.730402] NVRM: components have the same version. I'm rather confident that the problem is that the nvidia kernel provided in the current package (linux-restricted-modules-2.6.19-7-generic) are 1.0.9629, whereas the ones in the corresponding 2.6.20-4-generic package, as well as in nvidia-glx, are 1.0.9631. The straightforward solution is providing 1.0.9631 in the 2.6.19 package. If there is some misterious reason why that can't be, I suggest at least providing the corresponding nvidia-glx version as an alternative (right now it's only 1.0.9631). I don't think this bug is related to bug #79228, since the mismatch I'm reporting prevents X from loading completely. By the way, the module works perfectly with the default 2.6.20 kernel, but I have to stick with 2.6.19 because of an incompatibility with my wireless adapter (I use a rt73 USB key, and the rt73 driver from the rt2x00 project does not yet support 2.6.20). ** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- [Feisty] nvidia driver not working for 2.6.19 kernel https://launchpad.net/bugs/79331 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs