[wplug] stumped on Nvidia driver issues

[Robert E. Coutch]

What about that version mismatch error?
Perhaps you should try reinstalling the Nvidia drivers.

What video card?
Older card won't work with the newer drivers.
Nvidia does provide a legacy driver for those cards.


On Monday 09 October 2006 01:30 pm, Teodorski, Chris wrote:
> I'm in the process of setting up a new SMP Ubuntu box.  I'm using the
> Nvidia provided drivers for the Geforce card (the model escapes me at the
> moment).  Xorg keep crashing on me with the below error message and I'm a
> bit stumped on what to do next.
>
> The Nvidia install is creating its own kernel module because a pre-built
> one doesn't exist.  The install appears to complete successfully.
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions?
>
>
> [29] 0  0       0xe80803c0 - 0xe80803df (0x20) IS[B]
> (II) Setting vga for screen 0.
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
> (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
> (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
> (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
> (EE) NVIDIA(0): Version mismatch detected between the NVIDIA X driver and
> the (EE) NVIDIA(0):     NVIDIA GLX module.  X driver version: 1.0-8774; GLX
> module (EE) NVIDIA(0):     version: 1.0-8762.  Please try reinstalling the
> NVIDIA (EE) NVIDIA(0):     driver.
> (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! Please
> ensure (EE) NVIDIA(0):     that there is a supported NVIDIA GPU in this
> system, and (EE) NVIDIA(0):     that the NVIDIA device files have been
> created properly. (EE) NVIDIA(0):     Please consult the NVIDIA README for
> details.
> (EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***
> (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
> (II) UnloadModule: "ramdac"
> (II) UnloadModule: "fb"
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> wplug mailing list
> wplug at wplug.org
> http://www.wplug.org/mailman/listinfo/wplug