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nvidia-graphics-drivers package

nvidia driver wont load

Bug #918384 reported by Philip Le Cornu on 2012-01-18

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

the nvidia driver for geforce 7950x2 gx2 wont load,if you do load, it corrupts 11.10.so you have to start all over again,that is re-download 11.10.thanks for your assistance.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic-pae 3.0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,grid,vpswitch,move,resize,compiztoolbox,place,gnomecompat,regex,snap,wall,imgpng,session,animation,unitymtgrabhandles,expo,fade,ezoom,workarounds,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDmesg:

Date: Wed Jan 18 19:55:30 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: oneiric
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:035b]
nVidia Corporation G71 [GeForce 7950 GX2] [10de:0294] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: nVidia Corporation Device [10de:035b]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
Lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0cf2:6230 ENE Technology, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c517 Logitech, Inc. LX710 Cordless Desktop Laser
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-14-generic-pae root=UUID=32eb9742-ab4d-4867-bedf-b50be3546fdb ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: xorg
UnitySupportTest:
Error: command ['/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', '-p', '-f'] failed with exit code -11: Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/18/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: ASUS M2N-SLI DELUXE ACPI BIOS Revision 0403
dmi.board.name: M2N-SLI DELUXE
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.XX
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 123456789000
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvrASUSM2N-SLIDELUXEACPIBIOSRevision0403:bd08/18/2006:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM2N-SLIDELUXE:rvr1.XX:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu6
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.6.0-1ubuntu13
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20110811.g93fc084-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110411+8378443-1

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Philip Le Cornu (lepip) wrote on 2012-01-18:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (70.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
BootLog.gz Edit (723 bytes, application/x-gzip)
Dependencies.txt Edit (4.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DkmsStatus.txt Edit (491 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgLog.txt Edit (1.4 MiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GconfCompiz.txt Edit (37.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
LightdmLog.txt Edit (5.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (22.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
MonitorsUser.xml.txt Edit (514 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (131.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (298.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (63.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (63.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
peripherals.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (2.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xinput.txt Edit (603 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2012-02-08

affects:

xorg (Ubuntu) → nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)

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dino99 (9d9) wrote on 2015-06-26:

That version is no more supported; please open a new bug report if the actual archive found version also has the same issue.

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Invalid

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