Incompatibility nvidia driver and 2.6.27-11 kernel

[François GUÉRIN]

Binary package hint: linux-generic

Distro : 8.10 // Intrepid x86_64 and x86_32

This bug concern also nvidia-glx-177, nvidia-glx-180

Hardware :
 * P5Q Mother Board
 * 4 Gio RAM
 * nVidia 9500GT >> "01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 9500 GT (rev a1)"
 * Proc Intel E5200 @2.5 GH

I installed the 64bits version of Ubuntu, it worked fine *before the last kernel update to 2.6.27-11. *

After this update I was not able to use my desktop anymore with nVidia driver : the computer freezes (black screen) on X launch. Disk stopped, no ctrl-alt-backspace, no ctrl-alt-del, keyboard dead... I have to hard reset !

As I start with the recovery mode, I can set the driver as nv in Xorg.conf, the nvidia module seems to be launched (visible via lsmod). It works fine with nv driver.

*I didn't see anything in dmesg.log, Xorg.0.log, kernel.org... *

After that I decided to switch back to 32bit version, and I have the same result with the same kernel revision.

It work fine with the "2.6.27-7-generic" 32bits version (I'm using it now, with compiz), but not with the 2.6.27-11...

I've tried both 177 and 180 nvidia-glx driver, nvidia.run (180), envy didn't work.
With 180 nvidia.run driver, I could see the nvidia splash screen, before the screen become black, or sometimes 'beige' (ubuntu default X back color), with mouse pointer. Pointer doesn't move, system is crashed.

Thanks for your fantastic work for a fantastic Linux distro !

frague

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

This is not a bug in the linux-meta package, moving to the linux package.

[François GUÉRIN (frague)]

This bug is dead because it's too old... update to 9.04 end to 9.10 fixed it.

I think you should close it...

[Jeremy Foshee (jeremyfoshee)]

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