Cool, closing. The xserver can't currently decide which driver to load if two (or more) drivers support the same device, so that's why the xorg.conf needs to have "nvidia" to actually use the restricted driver.
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- [Hardy] the new X server with no xorg.conf does not work with nvidia restricted drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219639 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