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xserver-xorg-video-nv package

tried to upgrade nvidia driver to 260.19.26 but install complains that kernel script missing.

Asked by Carl Lewin

If user chooses to ignore, then install appears to complete. However when X starts Ubuntu goes into low resolution graphics mode and asks what to do. If restart X is chosen it loads ok.
I recovered my system by selecting default settings. Now the system loads normally, but several applications crash on startup (Google Earth and Boxee), Google Earth shows following when started from terminal:
clewin@clewin-laptop:~$ ~/google-earth/googleearth
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Google Earth has caught signal 11.

We apologize for the inconvenience, but Google Earth has crashed.
 This is a bug in the program, and should never happen under normal
 circumstances. A bug report and debugging data have been written
 to this text file:

    /home/clewin/.googleearth/crashlogs/crashlog-4d28a344.txt

Please include this file if you submit a bug report will to Google.
clewin@clewin-laptop:~$

Here is that log file:

Major Version 5
Minor Version 1
Build Number 3533
Build Date Nov 11 2009
Build Time 16:41:31
OS Type 11
OS Major Version 2
OS Minor Version 6
OS Build Version 32
OS Patch Version 0
Crash Signal 11
Crash Time 1294508868
Up Time 0.570939

Stacktrace from glibc:
./googleearth-bin[0x805caa6]
[0x266400]
/home/clewin/google-earth/libIGGfx.so(_ZN3Gap3Gfx18igOglVisualContext22initGLWindowExtensionsEv+0x80)[0x383a8d0]
/home/clewin/google-earth/libIGGfx.so(_ZN3Gap3Gfx18igOglVisualContext4openEv+0x99)[0x38474f9]
/home/clewin/google-earth/libevll.so(_ZN5earth4evll13VisualContext11OpenContextEN3Gap3Gfx25igRenderDestinationFormatERKNS0_8InitInfoE+0xfb)[0x44e3b1b]
/home/clewin/google-earth/libevll.so(_ZN5earth4evll13VisualContext4initERKNS0_8InitInfoE+0x167)[0x44e3cc7]
/home/clewin/google-earth/libevll.so(_ZN5earth4evll17RenderContextImpl4initERKNS0_8InitInfoE+0x81)[0x43ef8a1]
./librender.so(_ZN12RenderWidget6SetApiEPN5earth4evll3APIE+0x47)[0x6438817]
./librender.so(_ZN5earth6render12RenderWindow12createWidgetEv+0xa7)[0x641f757]
./libgoogleearth_lib.so(_ZN5earth6client12ModuleWidget9showEventEP10QShowEvent+0x94)[0x1e16f4]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget5eventEP6QEvent+0x652)[0xcb1cc2]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN19QApplicationPrivate13notify_helperEP7QObjectP6QEvent+0xa8)[0xc6d750]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN12QApplication6notifyEP7QObjectP6QEvent+0x126)[0xc753de]
./libQtCore.so.4(_ZN16QCoreApplication14notifyInternalEP7QObjectP6QEvent+0x70)[0xa26dd4]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0xcc)[0xcb4d30]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate14show_recursiveEv+0x7b)[0xcb4acf]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0x15c)[0xcb4c58]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x42)[0xcb4ca6]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget10setVisibleEb+0x3bb)[0xcb52e3]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0x146)[0xcb4c42]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x42)[0xcb4ca6]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate14show_recursiveEv+0x7b)[0xcb4acf]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0x15c)[0xcb4c58]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x42)[0xcb4ca6]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget10setVisibleEb+0x3bb)[0xcb52e3]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0x146)[0xcb4c42]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x42)[0xcb4ca6]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget10setVisibleEb+0x3bb)[0xcb52e3]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0x146)[0xcb4c42]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x42)[0xcb4ca6]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget10setVisibleEb+0x3bb)[0xcb52e3]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0x146)[0xcb4c42]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x42)[0xcb4ca6]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget10setVisibleEb+0x3bb)[0xcb52e3]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate12showChildrenEb+0x146)[0xcb4c42]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN14QWidgetPrivate11show_helperEv+0x42)[0xcb4ca6]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget10setVisibleEb+0x3bb)[0xcb52e3]
./libQtGui.so.4(_ZN7QWidget13showMaximizedEv+0x4d)[0xca8829]
./libgoogleearth_lib.so(_ZN10MainWindow18readScreensizeInfoEv+0xbdb)[0x1bd1cb]
./libgoogleearth_lib.so(_ZN5earth6client11Application12SetupMainWinENS0_3Kvw7ProductEb+0x282)[0x206e82]
./libgoogleearth_lib.so(_ZN5earth6client11Application3runEv+0x3a9)[0x20edf9]
./googleearth-bin[0x805c77a]
/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6)[0x46399bd6]
./googleearth-bin[0x805be71]

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This question was originally filed as bug #700397.

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Philip Muškovac (yofel) said : 		#1

Thank you for taking your time to report this bug.
How did you try to install the nvidia driver?

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Carl Lewin (carl-lewin) said : 		#2

Hi Philip,

By downloading the installer from nvidia web site and booting Ubuntu to
command line console (no X running) and logging is as root then running
the by means of sh. (system was init3 for this)

  (by the way mu O/S version is 10.04 LTS - the Lucid Lynx - released in
April 2010)

Thanks

On 01/08/2011 02:04 PM, Philip Muškovac wrote:
> Thank you for taking your time to report this bug.
> How did you try to install the nvidia driver?
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

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Philip Muškovac (yofel) said : 		#3

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#When%20not%20to%20file%20a%20bug. There is also a vibrant support community available at http://askubuntu.com and you might consider asking your question there.

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Philip Muškovac (yofel) said : 		#4

We don't officially support the drivers from the nvidia site in Ubuntu, but *if* you really want to use the driver packages from nvidia directly, you first need to blacklist the nouveau driver module since it conflicts on boot, install the kernel header packages you need, later run nvidia-xconfig to generate a working xorg.conf and finally don't forget to rebuild the driver on every kernel update.
We do provide packages for the nvidia driver though in our archive, so you are advised to use those. You can install them from the Hardware Drivers application (jockey).

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