Ubuntu
nvidia-graphics-drivers package

  1. Precise (12.04)
  2. Bug #973096
  3. Comment #224

Comment 224 for bug 973096

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AG Restringere (ag-restringere-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Have an interesting update on this problem:

When I run Google Chrome and go to 'chrome://gpu-interals' the X Server would crash and this didn't seem to be dependent on the Xorg Core Server version. I installed my Nvidia divers directly from the Nvidia binaries. The Nvidia*304.32.sh.run drivers have the ability to do a sanity check run by the following...just go to TTY1...

'sudo lightdm service stop'
'NVIDIA*304.32.sh.run --sanity"

Apparently the Xorg Core Server upgrade alters a single Xorg file and this corrupts the Nvidia installation and the Nvidia installer will recommend a reinstallation of the drivers. Unfortunately I will have run the whole upgrade, check re-install process and write the file name down...

Will try this with the new 304.37 drivers...