Ubuntu Installation :: 11.04 - X Will Not Load With NVidia Current Driver
May 1, 2011
After a failed upgrade from 10.10, I went for a complete reinstall. What I'm seeing is that when I install the nvidia-current driver x / gdm doesn't seem to load. I get a blank screen for a bit, then it drops to the last lines in the terminal from loading up. I can ctr-alt-f1 to get to the first tty.
What I'm seeing in my .xsession-errors file is:
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Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":1".
What I'm seeing in my Xorg.0.log is
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[17.511] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-1): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA GPU at PCI:4:0:0. Please
[17.511] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-1): check your system's kernel log for additional error
[17.511] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-1): messages and refer to Chapter 8: Common Problems in the
[17.511] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-1): README for additional information.
[17.511] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-1): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device!
[17.511]
Backtrace:
[17.511] 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x80eab1b]
[17.511] 1: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x5fac8) [0x80a7ac8]
[17.511] 2: (vdso) (__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0) [0x44940c]
[17.511] Segmentation fault at address (nil)
[17.511]
Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
[17.511]
I'm running on an nvidia 295 gtx. On 10.10 with a completed updated system I saw no issues.
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Jul 7, 2011
Currently using Nvidia driver version 195.36.31, it's the version that works with Nvidia-kernel-dkms, would updating Nvidia driver to the current 275.09.07 driver version break my setup?
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I've been using kubuntu for a while, and I've been having this issue since the release of the 2.6.32-23 kernel. Originally, I thought it was related to my raid array and this bug: [URL] I'm still not convinced they're not related, but there is also apparently the possiblity of an nvidia driver issue. Previously, I rebooted infrequently, and I had a spare hard drive installed, so my grub menu would always appear (as it detected an alternate OS on this drive) and it was trivial to select the 2.6.32-22 kernel. Since I installed all updates, including the -35 kernel, it ran update-grub and now I have to press shift when I reboot. Specs/Summary:
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amd64.
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I am trying to setup a computer with xubuntu 10.10 for my dad. It is mostly working, but flash animations/games run somewhat poorly. I think I might be able to fix this by using the non-free nvidia drivers, but I cannot seem to get them installed.
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I have been working on this intermittently for a few weeks, & I do not remember everything I might have tried to fix it, but here is what I am sure of:
Sysinfo reports that the video card is an nvidia geforce mx200
when i try "sudo modprobe nvidia," I get the message "FATAL: Module nvidia not found." "sudo modprobe nvidia-96" gives no such error.
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Here is the Backtrace
Memory map:
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Reading package lists... Done
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I can run the nvidia control panel just fine, and write an xorg.conf file, but after I reboot the above message stays the same.
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- Download the latest NVIDIA driver from www.nvidia.com/page/drivers.html
- In the terminal cd to the directory where you downloaded the driver package (e.g., $ cd Downloads)and make it executable (e.g., $ sudo chmod +x ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-256.53.run)
- Edit blacklist.conf $ gksu gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
and add the following lines to the end of the file:
#recommended by http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1467074
blacklist vga16fb
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sudo sh blahblah.run
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(EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension (Compatible NVIDIA X driver not found)
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