Uhm - well, there is a work-around for this problem. As has been pointed-out elsewhere, effectively, if /etc/default/grub is modified so that
GRUB_TERMINAL=console is un-commented, or instead, the kernel command line is modified to include "vga=normal", as in GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=" <blah> vga=normal <blah> " or, generally, GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=" <blah> vga=[normal|ext|0x<some text mode>] <blah> " then the framebuffer console is not used, and the nvidia module will run without a seg fault. Something is still broken, with either Xorg or the nvidia module, but you can get on with life, just without running high-res on the framebuffer. BTW, you cannot actually set the text-mode resolution with "vga=...". I seem to get 80x25 text mode regardless of what is set at "vga=0x???". I don't know if this is because of grub2 faults, or if intstead, these text modes have been disabled in the newer kernels. grub2 itself will fail for "vga=ask". -- Xorg segmentation fault with Nvidia (ver. 96) driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/610446 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