This bug has been mentioned a lot on the forums. My ubuntu is also crashed right now because of the nvidia drivers (no usable screen). This solution was posted as a work-around:
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-fix-nvidia-acceleration-in-feisty- nvidia-8800-and-legacy-users.html The problem with the work-around is that it requires the user to maintain the driver themselves. I haven't tested the work-around yet. -- xserver-xorg crashes when handling newer nvidia cards https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/41979 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
