Ubuntu 10.10 / Asus N43JF: X stops working after Nvidia driver install

[Óskar V. Gíslason]

Binary package hint: xorg

X stops working after installing the Nvidia drivers from Aditional hardware

have also tried to install the drivers from Nvidia
and followed these instructions:
http://ubuntu-virginia.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1609725
But same problem.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.40-generic 2.6.35.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
.proc.driver.nvidia.version:
 NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 260.19.06 Mon Sep 13 04:29:19 PDT 2010
 GCC version: gcc version 4.4.5 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.4.4-14ubuntu5)
Architecture: amd64
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1366x768
 edid-base64: AP///////wAGrzwYAAAAAAETAQOAHxF4CsilnldUkiaZUFQAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBEhtWRlAAIzAmFjYANa0QAAAYAAAADwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAA/gBBVU8KICAgICAgICAgAAAA/gBCMTQwWFcwMSBWOCAKABc=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
Date: Fri Nov 26 21:01:32 2010
DkmsStatus:
 vboxhost, 3.2.10, 2.6.35-23-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-current, 260.19.06, 2.6.35-23-generic, x86_64: installed
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. N43JF
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-23-generic root=UUID=253f45e0-887b-4c3c-839c-543295ffaa38 ro single
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
dmi.bios.date: 09/09/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: N43JF.205
dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
dmi.board.name: N43JF
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrN43JF.205:bd09/09/2010:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnN43JF:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnN43JF:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: N43JF
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
glxinfo: Error: command ['glxinfo'] failed with exit code 127: glxinfo: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
nvidia-settings:

system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: maverick
 architecture: x86_64
 kernel: 2.6.35-23-generic

[Russell Lewis (russlewi)]

On upgrade to 2.6.35-23, nvidia has stopped working for me. It was working on 2.6.35-22. However settings configured with "sudo nvidia-settings" have never persisted across reboots in 10.10.

If I blow away /etc/X11/xorg.conf and reboot, the system comes up without nvidia drivers and "mostly" works (no twin view, as expected).

[Russell Lewis (russlewi)]

I did a
sudo apt-get purge nvidia-current nvidia-current-modaliases nvidia-common nvidia-settings
sudo reboot
then a
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current, nvidia-current-modaliases, nvidia-common, nvidia-settings
sudo nvidia-xconfig
sudo reboot

Still no luck using the nvidia drivers.

[bugbot (bugbot)]

Hey Óskar,

Hi, have you had a chance to test if this bug is still present in natty?

If it does (and if you're the original reporter), please boot into natty
and run the command:

  apport-collect <bug-number>

which will update the bug with fresh logs and tag the bug as affecting
natty. (It is best to run this right after reproducing the problem.)

[Óskar V. Gíslason (oskarvgislason)]

I have not upgraded to Natty yet but will do in the next couple of days.

I'll report back if this issue has changed or not.

[bugbot (bugbot)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.