nvidia-current 195.36.15 + kernel 2.6.32 + dual cards crashes system
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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NVIDIA Drivers Ubuntu |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: nvidia-current
I cannot install the NVIDIA 195.36.15 driver. If I try to install the driver downloaded from the NVIDIA website, first screen about building the module proceeds normally. When the "Install 32-bit opengl drivers" screen appears, the whole system crashes, and requires a power down with the power switch to recover (no response to CTRL-ALT-DEL or ALT-SYSRQ-REISUB).
If I try to install the nvidia-current package, the installation appears to work properly, but on reboot, the system freezes during bootup, before the login screen appears, and requires a hard power down to recover. Note that the 190.53 driver, and all previous drivers, downloaded from the website install and function properly.
OS: kubuntu-
greenman@
Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release: 10.04
I have tried:
Booting and installing with and without nomodeset option (190 driver from website requires nomodeset option to function)
Removing all traces of previous drivers, and nouveau.
Manually removing nvidia.ko from /lib/modules/
The nvidia-
Contacting NVIDIA - they say to contact the distribution-
Modifying, removing, and reinstalling with nvidia-xconfig the xorg.conf file
Installing from the console with 'sudo service kdm stop'
System:
Dell XPS630i Intel Q9550 (amd_64) 8gb ram
Dual NVIDIA 9800GT cards
tags: | added: kubuntu |
summary: |
- Cannot install nvidia 195.36.15 - crashes system + nvidia-current 195.36.15 + kernel 2.6.32 + dual cards crashes system |
tags: | added: lucid |
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Invalid → Confirmed |
Changed in nvidia-drivers-ubuntu: | |
status: | Invalid → Confirmed |
Changed in nvidia-drivers-ubuntu: | |
status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
Installing drivers from nvidia.com is not a supported way to install them and will not work like you said at the moment because of the extensive changes done to the packaging in lucid. 195.36.15 is available through the package manager as nvidia-current, and you can activate it through hardware drivers. Please remove the nvidia.com ones by running the installer with the --uninstall option before activating the Ubuntu packages.