X doesn't start after downgrading nvidia-glx-new to nvidia-glx
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: nvidia-glx-new
I use Ubuntu Feisty for AMD64 with all current updates.
Steps to reproduce:
Install nvidia-glx-new. Then uninstall nvidia-glx-new and install another nvidia-glx version (e.g. nvidia-glx).
Whenever the nvidia kernel module needs to be loaded the wrong version is loaded, causing x to not start.
What goes wrong:
lrm-video loads the wrong kernel module, because after removing nvidia-glx-new there is still a .nvidia_
What needs to be changed:
The following line is in the postinst of nvidia-glx-new:
echo "# do not remove this file, it's needed by /sbin/lrm-video" \
> /lib/linux-
The following line is in the prerm of nvidia-glx-new:
rm -f /lib/linux-
Obviously this line should be:
rm -f /lib/linux-
(bug was against Feisty but was filed against linux-restricte d-modules- 2.6.22 ...)
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #106217 (also see https:/ /help.ubuntu. com/community/ BinaryDriverHow to/Nvidia ) and is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any information missing that you can add or to see if there is a work around. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.