Public bug reported: Latest X server only works with the nvidia driver if the ignoreABI is turned on in the xorg configuration file. Unfortunately this option is not set by the nvidia-xconfig script.
The auto generated xorg file should have something like this: Section "ServerFlags" Option "ignoreABI" "on" EndSection ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: nvidia-current 256.44-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-15.21-generic-pae 2.6.35.1 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-15-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 256.44 Thu Jul 29 01:30:36 PDT 2010 GCC version: gcc version 4.4.5 20100816 (prerelease) (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.4.4-9ubuntu1) Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Aug 20 11:20:02 2010 MachineType: LENOVO 6459CTO PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-15-generic-pae root=UUID=c66cd5e2-e31e-4e8e-a5e0-615d3c1dd5bc ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash processor.ignore_ppc=1 elevator=deadline acpi_sleep=s3_bios pci=bios ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.utf8 SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers dmi.bios.date: 04/08/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 7LETC7WW (2.27 ) dmi.board.name: 6459CTO dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7LETC7WW(2.27):bd04/08/2010:svnLENOVO:pn6459CTO:pvrThinkPadT61p:rvnLENOVO:rn6459CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 6459CTO dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T61p dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO system: distro: Ubuntu codename: maverick architecture: i686 kernel: 2.6.35-15-generic-pae ** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 maverick -- nvidia-xconfig does not set ignoreABI https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/621003 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