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nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates package

  1. Bug #1262752
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Comment 0 for bug 1262752

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Harm Kroon (harmkroon) wrote :

Dell Latitude E6520 Laptop

System had a working nvidia-304 driver package installed (304.88-0ubuntu0.0.3)
A regular system update installed, build and activated nvidia-304-updates (304.108-0ubuntu0.0.1)

The new driver does not blacklist nvidia-304 which is still available at /lib/modules/3.2.0-57-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia_304.ko
Depending on which driver is found first on the filesystem, it is possible that udev loads the wrong driver at system boot. (Driver detection and loading based on pci-aliases found in the system).

Xorg.0.log shows:
[ 15296.301] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the
[ 15296.301] (EE) NVIDIA(0): system's kernel log for additional error messages and
[ 15296.301] (EE) NVIDIA(0): consult the NVIDIA README for details.
[ 15296.301] (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***

Dmesg shows:
[ 21.944202] NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 304.108, but
[ 21.944203] NVRM: this kernel module has the version 304.88. Please
[ 21.944203] NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver
[ 21.944204] NVRM: components have the same version.
[ 22.015807] init: lightdm main process (1426) terminated with status 1

1) Description: Ubuntu 12.04.03 LTS
     Release: 12.04
2) Installed: 304.108-0ubuntu0.0.1
3) Correct nvidia kernel module to be loaded at system boot
4) Depending on which driver is found first on the filesystem the wrong nvidia kernel module can be loaded.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nvidia-304-updates 304.108-0ubuntu0.0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-57.87-generic 3.2.52
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-57-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Dec 19 17:27:29 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120423)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)