NVidia driver stopped working. Why? And how to re-enable?

Asked by Jem

Yesterday I installed some fonts with

sudo aptitude install ttf-gentium ttf-dustin ttf-georgewilliams ttf-sjfonts sun-java6-fonts ttf-larabie-deco ttf-larabie-straight ttf-larabie-uncommon

I also installed an update for my system which was delivered via the update manager. I'm not sure what it was or how to check. It was some kind of library package.

Today I could not log into X. sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg fixes it . sudo nvidia-xconfig breaks it again.

Here's the Xorg log of the failed login.

jem@fawkes:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old

X Window System Version 7.2.0
Release Date: 22 January 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2
Build Operating System: Linux Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux fawkes 2.6.20-15-386 #2 Sun Apr 15 07:34:00 UTC 2007 i686
Build Date: 04 April 2007
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun May 27 13:54:26 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Generic Monitor"
(**) | |-->Device "nVidia Corporation G72M [GeForce Go 7400]"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(**) |-->Input Device "stylus"
(**) |-->Input Device "cursor"
(**) |-->Input Device "eraser"
(**) |-->Input Device "Synaptics Touchpad"
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
        Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to:
        /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
        /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
        /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
        /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
        /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
        /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
        /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
        /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
        /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,
        /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic,
        /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
        /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
        /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
        /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,
        /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
        /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
        /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType
(==) RgbPath set to "/etc/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) Loader magic: 0x81c92e0
(II) Module ABI versions:
        X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
        X.Org Video Driver: 1.1
        X.Org XInput driver : 0.7
        X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
        X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
        ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(++) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,27a0 card 103c,30a5 rev 03 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 8086,27a1 card 0000,0000 rev 03 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:1b:0: chip 8086,27d8 card 103c,30a5 rev 01 class 04,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1c:0: chip 8086,27d0 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 06,04,00 hdr 81
(II) PCI: 00:1c:1: chip 8086,27d2 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 06,04,00 hdr 81
(II) PCI: 00:1c:2: chip 8086,27d4 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 06,04,00 hdr 81
(II) PCI: 00:1d:0: chip 8086,27c8 card 103c,30a5 rev 01 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:1d:1: chip 8086,27c9 card 103c,30a5 rev 01 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1d:2: chip 8086,27ca card 103c,30a5 rev 01 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1d:3: chip 8086,27cb card 103c,30a5 rev 01 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1d:7: chip 8086,27cc card 103c,30a5 rev 01 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1e:0: chip 8086,2448 card 0000,0000 rev e1 class 06,04,01 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:1f:0: chip 8086,27b9 card 103c,30a5 rev 01 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:1f:1: chip 8086,27df card 103c,30a5 rev 01 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1f:2: chip 8086,27c5 card 103c,30a5 rev 01 class 01,06,01 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1f:3: chip 8086,27da card 103c,30a5 rev 01 class 0c,05,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,01d8 card 103c,30a5 rev a1 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 06:00:0: chip 8086,4222 card 103c,135b rev 02 class 02,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 08:06:0: chip 104c,8039 card 2400,0000 rev 00 class 06,07,00 hdr 82
(II) PCI: 08:06:1: chip 104c,803a card 103c,30a5 rev 00 class 0c,00,10 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 08:06:2: chip 104c,803b card 103c,30a5 rev 00 class 01,80,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 08:06:3: chip 104c,803c card 103c,30a5 rev 00 class 08,05,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 08:08:0: chip 8086,1092 card 103c,30a5 rev 01 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Intel Bridge workaround enabled
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,9), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
        [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
        [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
        [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x0018 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
        [0] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd1ffffff (0x2000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
        [0] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:28:0), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x0004 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 3: bridge is at (0:28:1), (0,3,3), BCTRL: 0x0004 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 6: bridge is at (0:28:2), (0,6,6), BCTRL: 0x0004 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 6 non-prefetchable memory range:
        [0] -1 0 0x54000000 - 0x540fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) Subtractive PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 8: bridge is at (0:30:0), (0,8,12), BCTRL: 0x0004 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 8 I/O range:
        [0] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x000020ff (0x100) IX[B]
        [1] -1 0 0x00002400 - 0x000024ff (0x100) IX[B]
        [2] -1 0 0x00002800 - 0x000028ff (0x100) IX[B]
        [3] -1 0 0x00002c00 - 0x00002cff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Bus 8 non-prefetchable memory range:
        [0] -1 0 0xd2000000 - 0xd20fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 8 prefetchable memory range:
        [0] -1 0 0x50000000 - 0x53ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:31:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) PCI-to-CardBus bridge:
(II) Bus 9: bridge is at (8:6:0), (8,9,12), BCTRL: 0x05c0 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 9 I/O range:
        [0] -1 0 0x00002400 - 0x000024ff (0x100) IX[B]
        [1] -1 0 0x00002800 - 0x000028ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Bus 9 prefetchable memory range:
        [0] -1 0 0x50000000 - 0x53ffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation GeForce Go 7400 rev 161, Mem @ 0xd1000000/24, 0xc0000000/28, 0xd0000000/24
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
        [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
        [1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
        [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
        [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
        [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
        [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
        [4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
        [5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
        [0] -1 0 0xd2006000 - 0xd2006fff (0x1000) MX[B]
        [1] -1 0 0xd2007800 - 0xd20078ff (0x100) MX[B]
        [2] -1 0 0xd2005000 - 0xd2005fff (0x1000) MX[B]
        [3] -1 0 0xd2000000 - 0xd2003fff (0x4000) MX[B]
        [4] -1 0 0xd2007000 - 0xd20077ff (0x800) MX[B]
        [5] -1 0 0x54000000 - 0x54000fff (0x1000) MX[B]
        [6] -1 0 0xd2404400 - 0xd24047ff (0x400) MX[B]
        [7] -1 0 0xd2404000 - 0xd24043ff (0x400) MX[B]
        [8] -1 0 0xd2400000 - 0xd2403fff (0x4000) MX[B]
        [9] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
        [10] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
        [11] -1 0 0xd1000000 - 0xd1ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
        [12] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x0000203f (0x40) IX[B]
        [13] -1 0 0x000018e0 - 0x000018ff (0x20) IX[B]
        [14] -1 0 0x000018b0 - 0x000018bf (0x10) IX[B]
        [15] -1 0 0x000018a8 - 0x000018ab (0x4) IX[B]
        [16] -1 0 0x000018c0 - 0x000018c7 (0x8) IX[B]
        [17] -1 0 0x000018ac - 0x000018af (0x4) IX[B]
        [18] -1 0 0x000018c8 - 0x000018cf (0x8) IX[B]
        [19] -1 0 0x00001880 - 0x0000188f (0x10) IX[B]
        [20] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
        [21] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
        [22] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
        [23] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
        [24] -1 0 0x00001860 - 0x0000187f (0x20) IX[B]
        [25] -1 0 0x00001840 - 0x0000185f (0x20) IX[B]
        [26] -1 0 0x00001820 - 0x0000183f (0x20) IX[B]
        [27] -1 0 0x00001800 - 0x0000181f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
        [0] -1 0 0xd2006000 - 0xd2006fff (0x1000) MX[B]
        [1] -1 0 0xd2007800 - 0xd20078ff (0x100) MX[B]
        [2] -1 0 0xd2005000 - 0xd2005fff (0x1000) MX[B]
        [3] -1 0 0xd2000000 - 0xd2003fff (0x4000) MX[B]
        [4] -1 0 0xd2007000 - 0xd20077ff (0x800) MX[B]
        [5] -1 0 0x54000000 - 0x54000fff (0x1000) MX[B]
        [6] -1 0 0xd2404400 - 0xd24047ff (0x400) MX[B]
        [7] -1 0 0xd2404000 - 0xd24043ff (0x400) MX[B]
        [8] -1 0 0xd2400000 - 0xd2403fff (0x4000) MX[B]
        [9] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
        [10] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
        [11] -1 0 0xd1000000 - 0xd1ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
        [12] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x0000203f (0x40) IX[B]
        [13] -1 0 0x000018e0 - 0x000018ff (0x20) IX[B]
        [14] -1 0 0x000018b0 - 0x000018bf (0x10) IX[B]
        [15] -1 0 0x000018a8 - 0x000018ab (0x4) IX[B]
        [16] -1 0 0x000018c0 - 0x000018c7 (0x8) IX[B]
        [17] -1 0 0x000018ac - 0x000018af (0x4) IX[B]
        [18] -1 0 0x000018c8 - 0x000018cf (0x8) IX[B]
        [19] -1 0 0x00001880 - 0x0000188f (0x10) IX[B]
        [20] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
        [21] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
        [22] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
        [23] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
        [24] -1 0 0x00001860 - 0x0000187f (0x20) IX[B]
        [25] -1 0 0x00001840 - 0x0000185f (0x20) IX[B]
        [26] -1 0 0x00001820 - 0x0000183f (0x20) IX[B]
        [27] -1 0 0x00001800 - 0x0000181f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
        [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
        [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
        [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
        [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
        [4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
        [5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
        [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
        [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
        [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
        [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
        [4] -1 0 0xd2006000 - 0xd2006fff (0x1000) MX[B]
        [5] -1 0 0xd2007800 - 0xd20078ff (0x100) MX[B]
        [6] -1 0 0xd2005000 - 0xd2005fff (0x1000) MX[B]
        [7] -1 0 0xd2000000 - 0xd2003fff (0x4000) MX[B]
        [8] -1 0 0xd2007000 - 0xd20077ff (0x800) MX[B]
        [9] -1 0 0x54000000 - 0x54000fff (0x1000) MX[B]
        [10] -1 0 0xd2404400 - 0xd24047ff (0x400) MX[B]
        [11] -1 0 0xd2404000 - 0xd24043ff (0x400) MX[B]
        [12] -1 0 0xd2400000 - 0xd2403fff (0x4000) MX[B]
        [13] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
        [14] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
        [15] -1 0 0xd1000000 - 0xd1ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
        [16] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
        [17] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
        [18] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x0000203f (0x40) IX[B]
        [19] -1 0 0x000018e0 - 0x000018ff (0x20) IX[B]
        [20] -1 0 0x000018b0 - 0x000018bf (0x10) IX[B]
        [21] -1 0 0x000018a8 - 0x000018ab (0x4) IX[B]
        [22] -1 0 0x000018c0 - 0x000018c7 (0x8) IX[B]
        [23] -1 0 0x000018ac - 0x000018af (0x4) IX[B]
        [24] -1 0 0x000018c8 - 0x000018cf (0x8) IX[B]
        [25] -1 0 0x00001880 - 0x0000188f (0x10) IX[B]
        [26] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
        [27] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
        [28] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
        [29] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
        [30] -1 0 0x00001860 - 0x0000187f (0x20) IX[B]
        [31] -1 0 0x00001840 - 0x0000185f (0x20) IX[B]
        [32] -1 0 0x00001820 - 0x0000183f (0x20) IX[B]
        [33] -1 0 0x00001800 - 0x0000181f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libddc.so
(II) Module ddc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
        ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
        Module class: X.Org Server Extension
        ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//fonts/libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
        compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 2.1.0
        Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
        ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libglx.so
dlopen: /usr/lib/libGLcore.so.1: undefined symbol: _nv000043gl
(EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libglx.so
(II) UnloadModule: "glx"
(EE) Failed to load module "glx" (loader failed, 7)
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
        ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//fonts/libtype1.so
(II) Module type1: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.2
        Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
        ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvbe.so
(II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.1.0
        ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
        compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.9631
        Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.1.0
        Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
        ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.1.1
        Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
        ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "wacom"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//wacom_drv.so
(II) Module wacom: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 4.3.99.902, module version = 1.0.0
        Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
        ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7
(II) Wacom driver level: 47-0.7.7-7 $
(II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//synaptics_drv.so
(II) Module synaptics: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
        compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
        Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
        ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.3
(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 1.0-9631 Thu Nov 9 17:39:58 PST 2006
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
        ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.3
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libramdac.so
(II) Module ramdac: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
        ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
        [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
        [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
        [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
        [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
        [4] -1 0 0xd2006000 - 0xd2006fff (0x1000) MX[B]
        [5] -1 0 0xd2007800 - 0xd20078ff (0x100) MX[B]
        [6] -1 0 0xd2005000 - 0xd2005fff (0x1000) MX[B]
        [7] -1 0 0xd2000000 - 0xd2003fff (0x4000) MX[B]
        [8] -1 0 0xd2007000 - 0xd20077ff (0x800) MX[B]
        [9] -1 0 0x54000000 - 0x54000fff (0x1000) MX[B]
        [10] -1 0 0xd2404400 - 0xd24047ff (0x400) MX[B]
        [11] -1 0 0xd2404000 - 0xd24043ff (0x400) MX[B]
        [12] -1 0 0xd2400000 - 0xd2403fff (0x4000) MX[B]
        [13] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
        [14] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
        [15] -1 0 0xd1000000 - 0xd1ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
        [16] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
        [17] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
        [18] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x0000203f (0x40) IX[B]
        [19] -1 0 0x000018e0 - 0x000018ff (0x20) IX[B]
        [20] -1 0 0x000018b0 - 0x000018bf (0x10) IX[B]
        [21] -1 0 0x000018a8 - 0x000018ab (0x4) IX[B]
        [22] -1 0 0x000018c0 - 0x000018c7 (0x8) IX[B]
        [23] -1 0 0x000018ac - 0x000018af (0x4) IX[B]
        [24] -1 0 0x000018c8 - 0x000018cf (0x8) IX[B]
        [25] -1 0 0x00001880 - 0x0000188f (0x10) IX[B]
        [26] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
        [27] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
        [28] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
        [29] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
        [30] -1 0 0x00001860 - 0x0000187f (0x20) IX[B]
        [31] -1 0 0x00001840 - 0x0000185f (0x20) IX[B]
        [32] -1 0 0x00001820 - 0x0000183f (0x20) IX[B]
        [33] -1 0 0x00001800 - 0x0000181f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
        [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
        [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
        [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
        [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
        [4] -1 0 0xd2006000 - 0xd2006fff (0x1000) MX[B]
        [5] -1 0 0xd2007800 - 0xd20078ff (0x100) MX[B]
        [6] -1 0 0xd2005000 - 0xd2005fff (0x1000) MX[B]
        [7] -1 0 0xd2000000 - 0xd2003fff (0x4000) MX[B]
        [8] -1 0 0xd2007000 - 0xd20077ff (0x800) MX[B]
        [9] -1 0 0x54000000 - 0x54000fff (0x1000) MX[B]
        [10] -1 0 0xd2404400 - 0xd24047ff (0x400) MX[B]
        [11] -1 0 0xd2404000 - 0xd24043ff (0x400) MX[B]
        [12] -1 0 0xd2400000 - 0xd2403fff (0x4000) MX[B]
        [13] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xd0ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
        [14] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
        [15] -1 0 0xd1000000 - 0xd1ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
        [16] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
        [17] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
        [18] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
        [19] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
        [20] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
        [21] -1 0 0x00002000 - 0x0000203f (0x40) IX[B]
        [22] -1 0 0x000018e0 - 0x000018ff (0x20) IX[B]
        [23] -1 0 0x000018b0 - 0x000018bf (0x10) IX[B]
        [24] -1 0 0x000018a8 - 0x000018ab (0x4) IX[B]
        [25] -1 0 0x000018c0 - 0x000018c7 (0x8) IX[B]
        [26] -1 0 0x000018ac - 0x000018af (0x4) IX[B]
        [27] -1 0 0x000018c8 - 0x000018cf (0x8) IX[B]
        [28] -1 0 0x00001880 - 0x0000188f (0x10) IX[B]
        [29] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
        [30] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
        [31] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
        [32] -1 0 0x000001f0 - 0x000001f7 (0x8) IX[B]
        [33] -1 0 0x00001860 - 0x0000187f (0x20) IX[B]
        [34] -1 0 0x00001840 - 0x0000185f (0x20) IX[B]
        [35] -1 0 0x00001820 - 0x0000183f (0x20) IX[B]
        [36] -1 0 0x00001800 - 0x0000181f (0x20) IX[B]
        [37] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
        [38] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 565
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the GLX module; please check in your X
(EE) NVIDIA(0): log file that the GLX module has been loaded in your X
(EE) NVIDIA(0): server, and that the module is the NVIDIA GLX module. If
(EE) NVIDIA(0): you continue to encounter problems, Please try
(EE) NVIDIA(0): reinstalling the NVIDIA driver.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! Please ensure
(EE) NVIDIA(0): that there is a supported NVIDIA GPU in this system, and
(EE) NVIDIA(0): that the NVIDIA device files have been created properly.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Please consult the NVIDIA README for details.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "ramdac"
(II) UnloadModule: "fb"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

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Hanusz leszek (leszek-skynet) said :
#1

Hello,

It has nothing to do with the fonts.
Yesterday there was a kernel update.
If you installed the nvidia driver coming with ubuntu then the nvidia driver would have been updated at the same time.

try to paste this in a terminal:
sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx

more information here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia

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Jem (jem-mawson) said :
#2

Thank you. Unfortunately this did not help. Here's what I tried:

sudo aptitude purge nvidia-glx && sudo aptitude clean nvidia-glx; then
sudo aptitude install nvidia-glx && sudo nvidia-xconfig --> problem returned
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg --> problem went away
Restricted Drivers Manager / enable NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver / reboot --> problem returns
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg --> problem went away again

... I have just noticed that driver under device is listed as "nv". Will change to "nvidia" and try again....

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Hanusz leszek (leszek-skynet) said :
#3

can you paste the result of :
cat /proc/version
apt-cache policy nvidia-glx

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Jem (jem-mawson) said :
#4

jem@fawkes:~$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.20-15-386 (root@palmer) (gcc version 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)) #2 Sun Apr 15 07:34:00 UTC 2007

jem@fawkes:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-glx
nvidia-glx:
  Installed: 1:1.0.9631+2.6.20.5-16.28
  Candidate: 1:1.0.9631+2.6.20.5-16.28
  Version table:
 *** 1:1.0.9631+2.6.20.5-16.28 0
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com feisty-security/restricted Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:1.0.9631+2.6.20.5-15.20 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/restricted Packages

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Best Hanusz leszek (leszek-skynet) said :
#5

you can try to install this kernel:
linux-image-2.6.20-15-generic linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-15-generic

If it still don't work, you can try to install nvidia-glx-new instead of nvidia-glx

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Jem (jem-mawson) said :
#6

Thanks Hanusz leszek, that solved my question.

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Jem (jem-mawson) said :
#7

I didn't know how to change the kernel, so I went with option 2 and installed nvidia-glx-new

Thanks!

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hsnart (hsnart) said :
#8

I think i have the same problem.
nvidia driver fails to load following kernel update.

Is this a known issue with this kernel update (or nvidia-glx)? i'm ok on the NV driver for a bit if its being worked on.

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Vertago1 (vertago1) said :
#9

The two different kernels use different versions of gcc for compiling kernel modules, so if the nvidia module for the package was compiled for the older kernel then it will not work with the newer kernel. I found a work around to get the nvidia drivers to work with the newer kernel using the driver release from nvidia's website but then I got stuck on the white screen issue with nvidia's driver while using xserver-xgl. So I am using just the normal xserver-xorg with nvidia's driver and the newer kernel.

I have a forum post about this at: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=773707

I found this page trying to confirm that the issue with the nvidia packages were related to the kernel.