Hi guys, Bit of a me too post: I just did a fresh install of Lucid, used the restricted drivers to install the current nvidia driver but get the same problem as Federico. Some details:
$ lspci | grep -i VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G71 [GeForce 7300 GS] (rev a1) Error in X.org log: (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module! (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** Error in kern.log: Mar 21 16:57:01 bohr kernel: [ 12.539312] NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called for 1 device(s). Mar 21 16:57:01 bohr kernel: [ 12.539315] NVRM: This can occur when a driver such as rivafb, nvidiafb or Mar 21 16:57:01 bohr kernel: [ 12.539316] NVRM: rivatv was loaded and obtained ownership of the NVIDIA Mar 21 16:57:01 bohr kernel: [ 12.539317] NVRM: device(s). Mar 21 16:57:01 bohr kernel: [ 12.539319] NVRM: Try unloading the rivafb, nvidiafb or rivatv kernel module Mar 21 16:57:01 bohr kernel: [ 12.539320] NVRM: (and/or reconfigure your kernel without rivafb/nvidiafb Mar 21 16:57:01 bohr kernel: [ 12.539321] NVRM: support), then try loading the NVIDIA kernel module again. Modprobbing error: # modprobe nvidia FATAL: Error inserting nvidia_173 (/lib/modules/2.6.32-16-generic-pae/updates/dkms/nvidia-173.ko): No such device # file /lib/modules/2.6.32-16-generic-pae/updates/dkms/nvidia-173.ko /lib/modules/2.6.32-16-generic-pae/updates/dkms/nvidia-173.ko: ELF 32-bit LSB relocatable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), not stripped Many thanks for your time. -- [Test xpr-008] Lucid upgrade broke when upgrading from manually installed nvidia proprietary drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/522328 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
