I had the same symptoms as Ned Patterson. The problem ceased after removing the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, creating a new one (by executing nvidia-xconfig) and installing 185 kernel module (aptitude install nvidia-185-kernel-source).
I think karmic should do something automatically (or at least switch to nonrestricted drivers in problematic case), because doing it manually is too complicated for a beginning user -- he would rather give up and switch to windows... :( M. -- Crash after initializing GLX on -nvidia https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428920 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs