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nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 package

  1. Bug #251107
  2. Comment #166

Comment 166 for bug 251107

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frank x barlowe (tjdewey) wrote :

Proposed 96 driver is not working for me.

1. Enabled Intrepid-Proposed
2. Installed nvidia-96-kernel-source & nvidia-glx-96 through Synaptic
3. Ran nvidia-xconfig
4. Restarted
5. Failed. From the Xorg.0.log:

(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device PCI:1:0:0.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Please see the COMMON PROBLEMS section in the README for
(EE) NVIDIA(0): additional information.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device!
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "xaa"
(II) UnloadModule: "fb"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Log attached.

Notes: Same results when I manually edited xorg.conf as recommended in several comments, and/or used EnvyNG to install driver.

I can get 3D Acceleration with nvidia-173, but my system eventually crashes--accompanied by a scrambled screen--after an indeterminate period ranging b/w a few minutes and several hours. Reboots to a blank screen after crash. Could this be an different problem altogether?

Help me, Alberto Milone. You're my only hope.