Comment 12 for bug 20943

(In reply to comment #9)
> (In reply to comment #8)
> > (In reply to comment #7)
> > > Is this problem still reproducible in breezy?
> >
> > Yes, this bug is still reproducible in Breezy Preview, even if I add 'nvidia' to
> > /etc/hotplug/blacklist.
>
> That isn't expected to have any effect; hotplug will not load that module
> regardless of whether it is listed in that file. It must be loaded explicitly
> via /etc/modules if you want to use it.
>
> > I have a question: Is there a way to install nVIDIA drivers via a LiveCD? I've a
> > Morphix LiveCD and it came with nVIDIA drivers. By the way, the Morphix LiveCD
> > is (!) 2 years old and it boots perfectly.
>
> You can install the nvidia-glx module using the Ubuntu live CD if you wish.
>
> So far, I see no indication whatsoever that your problem has anything to do with
> the nvidia driver. Boot the system in recovery mode, which should verbosely
> show which modules are being loaded and help narrow the possibilities.

I've run recovery mode a few times, but every time I'll get a different kind of
kernel panic with different kinds of "stacktraces". I've written 3 different
kind of panics. I don't know what it all means, but I hope that it can help you.

Kernel Panic #1
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apic_timer_interrupt+0x1c/0x24
do_page_fault+0x0/0x484
add_pin_to_irq+0x4f/0x58
do_page_fault+0x67/0x484
sys_select+0x399/0x3a5
do_page_fault+0x0/0x484
error_code+0x4f/0x54

Kernel panic = not synching: Attempted to kill init!

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Kernel Panic #2
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__do_irq
do_IRQ
common_interrupt
__mod_page_state
page_remove_rmap
zap_pte_range
unmap_page_range
unmap_vmas
exit_mmap
mmput
do_exit
sys_exit_group
get_signal_to_deliver
do_signal
sys_select
sys_sysinfo
default_wake_function
do_page_fault
do_notify_resume
work_notifysig

Some hexidecimal code

<0>Kernel panic - not synching: Fatal exception in interrupt

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Kernel panic #3
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Modules linked in: intel_agp agpgart dm_mod evdev psmouse cdrom --- and lot of
other modules

CPU: 0
EIP: 0060:[<c010fa46>] Not tainted VLI
EFLAGS: 00010046 (2.6.12-8-386)

A stacktrace

A calltrace

apic_timer_interrupt

Some hexidecimal code

Kernel panic - not synching: Attempted to kill init!

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regards,

Alexander