Flickering console with GeForce 9400 GT using nvidia-glx-185

[Santiago Ward]

I'm using Xubuntu Karmic Beta. After installing the NVIDIA drivers version 185 for my GeForce 9400 GT card (the recommended ones in Jockey) and rebooting the system, my computer started on a console login screen, and the screen flickers, instead of showing GDM.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 12 23:40:38 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: nvidia-glx-185 (not installed)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-13-generic root=UUID=819d3dd4-1a84-49cd-a434-e8d63257d23f ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-13.44-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu2
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090825.fc74e119-0ubuntu3
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-180
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-13-generic i686
XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
XsessionErrors: (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1429): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
dmi.bios.date: 05/23/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp.
dmi.bios.version: NL94510J.86A.0010.2007.0523.1650
dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: D945GCNL
dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation
dmi.board.version: AAD97184-104
dmi.chassis.type: 2
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrNL94510J.86A.0010.2007.0523.1650:bd05/23/2007:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnD945GCNL:rvrAAD97184-104:cvn:ct2:cvr:
fglrx: Not loaded
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-13-generic

[poisons (poisons-falsevi4)]

I have the same problem.
I download kubuntu-beta-9.10-amd64
Then execute sudo aptitude update&& sudo aptitude upgrade and install nvidia driver 185 from jockey. After restart i have only blink cursor on black screen. I also try install nvidia driver by execute sudo aptitude install nvidia-glx-185. I see errors dkms build modules.

[Santiago Ward (santiagoward2000)]

To add some extra information, my card is working fine using nvidia-glx-173.

[Santiago Ward (santiagoward2000)]

Today's updates fixed the problem with the 185 for me.

[poisons (poisons-falsevi4)]

Realy, now it work

[Philip Muškovac (yofel)]

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