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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20 package

nvidia-glx-new X.org driver modprobes nivida, not nvidia_new

Bug #105385 reported by Martin Pitt
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20 (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
High
Ben Collins

Bug Description

This morning my X did not start any more, it complained that userland needed nvidia ABI 97XX, but the kernel provided 96xx.

The reason is (after some manual experiments) that the X.org driver module modprobes the 'nvidia' kernel module instead of 'nvidia_new'. Manually modprobing the latter and starting gdm works then.

Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Since this will automatically break X.org for everyone who enables desktop effects on a new nvidia card, I milestone this (in agreement with Tollef).

Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20:
assignee: nobody → ben-collins
importance: Undecided → High
Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

After today's dist-upgrade it works again, so let's declare this a red herring. This seems to have been yet another postinst-time glitch that happens from time to time, but I was never able to pinpoint it.

Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20:
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

so this was a real issue after all, just a strange side effect of bug 105593

Changed in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20:
status: Rejected → Confirmed
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