X fails to start with proprietary nvidia driver
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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nvidia-graphics-drivers-177 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: nvidia-
Version:
Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release: 8.10
Source: nvidia-
Version: 177.80-0ubuntu2
uname -a
Linux ------- 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Tue Oct 14 18:38:59 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
from lspci
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G71 [GeForce 7900 GT/GTO] (rev a1)
When starting X the following message appears in /var/log/messages
Oct 16 20:24:00 kernel: [ 18.172387] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 177.80 Wed Oct 1 14:43:46 PDT 2008
Oct 16 20:24:14 kernel: [ 38.965935] NVRM: failed to copy vbios to system memory.
Oct 16 20:24:14 kernel: [ 38.966669] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x30:0xfffffff
Oct 16 20:24:14 kernel: [ 38.966683] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
can you attach the following files? Xorg.0. log.old
/var/log/Xorg.0.log
/var/log/
/etc/X11/xorg.conf