[Feisty] After install, xorg wont run, "Failed to load module "nvidia (module does not exist)"

[Júlio Alexandrino]

My friend tried to install Ubuntu Feisty Fawn on his PC (which has a nvidia gfx card): loaded the system with the Live CD and installed it alright. Upon first boot, xorg couldnt start, droping to the console with the following error:

Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist)

I thought that it could may be a defective CD, however, I noticed another user complaining about this on the #ubuntu chat. User <diabolikmachine> mentioned that this was probably related to the fact that the user tried to enable desktop effects on the live cd (and I am sure that my friend tried that as well).

SOLUTION:

<diabolikmachine> suggested to that user to do a command line login, and run "sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx"
The user reported that the problem was fixed.

Anyway, I think that this bug can really mess the will of newcomers to adopt ubuntu, since that many of them will try out the features in the live CD before installing. If, upon install, they must do a command line like that, I think that that will be a little intimidating.

[Sitsofe Wheeler (sitsofe)]

Thank your for your bug report.

Júlio:
Please don't confirm your own bugs...

[Júlio Alexandrino (alexandrino)]

I know I shouldnt, but in this case, I confirmed it since I followed 2 other users with the same problem on IRC. But no problem, lets wait for someone else to appear.

[Logic Dreams (logicdreams)]

All,

I'm a newcomer to Linux, Ubuntu, command lines and all. I think I'm having a similar problem to the one posted in this thread. I will post what I wrote down from the screen and see if anyone might be able to help.

========================================================================================
X Window system version 7.2.0
Release date: 22 January 2007
x protocal version II, revision 0, release 7.2
Build operating system: Linux Ubuntu
Current operating system: Linux Drapod 2.6.20-15- Generic #2 smp sun
Apr 15 07:36:31 utc 2007 i686
Build date: 04 April 2007
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure you have the latest version
Module loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (++) from config file, (--)default setting,
                (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
                (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implimented, (??) unknown
(==) log file: "/var/log/xorg.o.log", time mon may 14 09:17:05 2007
(==) using config file "/etc/x11/xorg.conf"
(EE) failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist)
(EE) no drivers available
Fatal Server Error:
no screens found
======================================================================================

After that I remember reading through a blue screen with white letters. The screen seemed to inform me about different things wrong with the computer? I can't really recall.

After that I got this screen, which seems to be like a log in to Ubuntu using the "dos-like" interface and not the graphical interface I used when booting from the cd.

======================================================================================

Starting up...
[ 0.4119461 PCI: failed to allocate mem resource #6:20000@0000000 for 0000:0
1:00.0
LOADING PLEASE WAIT...
knit: name_to_dev_+ (/dev/disk/by-uuid/2944697f-9043-4b0c-8ff2-7930e7fc6
d61
knit: No resume image, doing normal boot...
Ubuntu 7.04 Drapod ttyl
Drapod login:

======================================================================================

I put in my user name and password and after that the text before the field used to input type changed to something like Drapod@lost (or something... I don't recall exactly)

So Linux wizes... Just what is going on? And how can I solve it?

-Taquenah

[Júlio Alexandrino (alexandrino)]

Have you tried running

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx

right after you entered your name and password to see if it fixes the problem?

[Adam Niedling (krychek)]

Feisty is not supported anymore. Please retest this issue with a later version of Ubuntu and reopen this report.