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Nicholas Shatokhin (robotex) wrote : Re: [Bug 973506] Re: Huge processor's loading by Xorg process when nvidia proprietary drivers installed

Will I be able to develop cuda applications and compile all cuda sources
after installing driver from jockey? I'm cuda developer and I need
developer's drivers.

2012/4/4 Bryce Harrington <email address hidden>

> Interesting, I notice the nvidia driver version being reported here is
> the same as it was on the other bug:
>
> NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 285.05.33 Thu Jan 19
> 15:24:04 PST 2012
>
> and that's quite old. I wonder if your installation got corrupted?
>
> Anyway, this is the cause of your performance loss. From Xorg.0.log it
> indicates this old nvidia is not compatible with the xserver, so is
> running in some sort of compatibility mode:
>
> [ 625.647] (WW) NVIDIA: This server has an unsupported input driver ABI
> version (have 16.0, need < 14.0). The driver will continue to load, but
> may behave strangely.
> [ 626.504] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 285.05.33 Thu Jan 19 15:25:37
> PST 2012
>
> Why don't you try completely removing and purging nvidia from your
> system, and then reinstalling -nvidia through jockey again. Doublecheck
> that your /var/log/Xorg.0.log shows "NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 295" or
> similar.
>
>
> ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)
> Status: Triaged => Incomplete
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