nVidia X-Swat PPA Driver 304.84 breaks TTY in Ubuntu 12.04.1 with Kernel 3.2.0-38.61 and X-Swat PPA Server 7.6+12ubuntu2

[Lumenary]

Hello All,

The latest nVidia Proprietary Driver (304.84 as of 2013-03-17/23:00EDT) breaks TTY under Ubuntu 12.04 Precise LTS AMD64.

What should happen:

-- When performing a keyboard [Ctrl + Alt + F1..F6], I should see a login prompt or shell command prompt, depending on the state of the selected TTY.

What actually happens:

-- When performing a keyboard [Ctrl + Alt + F1..F6], all I see is a blank black screen. In addition, my monitor's status indicator lamp begins blinking, indicating that the monitor has lost signal, and has therefore entered a "sleep" state.

Here are my system software/operating system specifications:

-- Release: Ubuntu 12.04.1 Precise LTS AMD64
-- Kernel Version: 3.2.0-38-generic (3.2.0-38.61)
-- X11 Server Version: 7.6+12ubuntu2 (from X-Swat PPA)
-- nVidia Proprietary Driver version: 304.84 (from X-Swat PPA)

Here are my system hardware specifications:

-- CPU: Intel Core i7-875K
-- Video Card: nVidia GTX450

Best Regards,
Lumenary
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[Joeri Eilander (fazioliamboina-deactivatedaccount)]

Hello,

could you maybe be more specific? for example, does it only happen on this kernel? do you have a gtx450 or a gtx450m?