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    #46
    Re: KDM won't load after Restricted Drivers enabled [SOLVED]

    Yup there's a known bug with the glx-new package. It's being fixed now - may have already been fixed.

    Claydoh linked us to it here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s....20/+bug/98641
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      #47
      Re: KDM won't load after Restricted Drivers enabled [SOLVED]

      "Yup there's a known bug with the glx-new package. It's being fixed now - may have already been fixed."

      Ok, but as the card on that test machine machine is a nVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440-SE, the Restricted Drivers Manager is using nvidia-glx. That bug seems to apply to nvidia-glx-new ?
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        #48
        Re: KDM won't load after Restricted Drivers enabled [SOLVED]

        Interesting. Ya the bug did seem to apply to the package glx-new.

        Did you make a post there to tell them you're having the same problem with glx?

        It could actually be a restricted driver module problem
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          #49
          Re: KDM won't load after Restricted Drivers enabled [SOLVED]

          Not as yet. As you seemed to be having similar problems, I added it here rather than start another discussion. Perhaps I should make a new post saying that nvidia-glx appears to have problems in Kubuntu, but not in Ubuntu?
          On the same machine, I have PCLinuxOS-2007 (a KDE desktop) on another drive, & it detected the nVIDIA card & installed the drivers without any problem. I copied the nvidia & monitor parts of the xorg.conf file, & put them into the Kubuntu xorg.conf, but it still wouldn't start KDE. So, IMHO it would appear to be a Kubuntu problem....
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            #50
            Re: KDM won't load after Restricted Drivers enabled [SOLVED]

            I suggest adding this information to the Bug report so they have it right there.


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              #51
              Re: KDM won't load after Restricted Drivers enabled [SOLVED]

              I just bought a new dual-core laptop that came with an NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT 512MB card... I decided to install Gutsy on it (since my old laptop is running Feisty quite well -- I figured what the heck, I can use this as test machine.)

              I have been unable to get any 3d-capable Nvidia drivers to run on this thing, I'm afraid. The nv drivers run fine (but no 3d acceleration). Even the file copying trick listed in the bug report does nothing. I just get a blank screen when it tries to load xwindows and it eventually spits me back out to the command prompt.

              At least I know, as far as I can gather from this post and one or two other posts like it, that it's *supposed* to work. I guess I can wait for the bug fix.
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                #52
                Re: KDM won't load after Restricted Drivers enabled [SOLVED]

                I'm posting this here because this thread is the most comprehensiveone I've found for anyone having trouble with the nvidia driver on Gutsy.

                If none of the above information works for you, Alberto Milone has posted a quick howto on getting the envy install scripts to work on Gutsy:

                http://albertomilone.com/wordpress/?p=107

                He warns that this is an unsupported hack, but my own personal experience is that this unsupported hack worked where everything else I tried failed. So... good luck.
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                  #53
                  Re: KDM won't load after Restricted Drivers enabled [SOLVED]

                  I have not read the information at the Alberto Milone post, but I did figure out on my own how to get around the bug with Restricted Drivers putting the wrong Nvidia driver version on my Gutsy system. Here's what I did (twice, so I know it works for my GF 7900GS):

                  After the basic system installation, open Restricted Drivers Manager and tick the box for the Nvidia driver. It will install nvidia-glx, and then tell you the system needs to be restarted. DON'T restart it. Close Restricted Drivers.

                  Open the console and enter
                  Code:
                  sudo apt-get remove nvidia*
                  It will remove the -9639 driver.

                  While still in the console, enter
                  Code:
                  sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-new
                  It will install the package with the -100.14.11 driver. While you're there, might as well configure the xorg.conf file, so enter
                  Code:
                  sudo nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals --composite
                  Now you can restart your system. If it works like mine, it will restart with the new Nvidia driver running, and Restricted Drivers manager will still show that the Nvidia driver is in use, and life can go on. Use
                  Code:
                  sudo nvidia-settings
                  to tweak the resolution and refresh, if needed, and use the "Save to X Configuration File" button to make these settings your defaults.

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