I just repeated the above with the 386 kernel, and got the same results: $ uname -a Linux atlas 2.6.22-10-386 #1 Wed Aug 22 07:43:24 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
$ sudo modprobe nvidia FATAL: Error running install command for nvidia $ sudo depmod $ sudo sh -x /sbin/lrm-video nvidia + PATH=/sbin:/bin + MODULE=nvidia + shift + [ nvidia = nvidia ] + [ -e /lib/linux-restricted-modules/.nvidia_legacy_installed ] + [ -e /lib/linux-restricted-modules/.nvidia_new_installed ] + XORG=nvidia + cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf + sed -n -e /^[ \t]*section[ \\t]*"device"/I,/^[ \t]*endsection/I{/^[ \t]*driver[ \t]*/I{s/^[ \t]*driver[ \t]*"*//I;s/"*[ \t]*$//;p}} + grep -q -w nvidia + modprobe --ignore-install -Qb nvidia $ dmesg | tail [ 114.725260] Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.8 [ 114.725274] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized [ 114.751551] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized [ 114.751988] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized [ 114.751996] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8 [ 300.255920] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. [ 300.529987] PCI: Enabling device 0000:01:00.0 (0004 -> 0006) [ 300.530806] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 11 [ 300.530817] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 [ 300.531991] NVRM: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 Kernel Module 1.0-9639 Mon Apr 16 20:20:06 PDT 2007 Is this a bug with the driver installation procedure? -- [nvidia-glx-legacy] nvidia module won't load with 2.6.22-10 kernel (gutsy) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/137432 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs