[mythtv-users] Problem updating video driver to 185.18.31

[Steve Allison]

Harry Devine wrote:
> While trying to investigate and fix my "snow on analog stations" issue 
> (see Gossamer Threads 
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/392166?search_string=snow%20on%20analog%20stations;#392166), 
> I decided to try updating the video driver for my nVidia 9400GT card.  
> I downloaded the 185.18.31 package and went through the installation.  
> It appeared to go well,but when I boot up, I get an error in my 
> Xorg.0.log file stating:
>
> (EE): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module.  Please see the 
> system's kernel log for additional error messages and consult the 
> NVIDIA README for details.
> (EE): Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
>
> I check /var/log/messages, and I see the following error (part of it 
> is cut-off on my display, so the exact wording might not be exact):
>
> NVRM: API mismatch: this client has the version 185.18.31, but this 
> kernel module has the version 180.44.  Please make sure that the 
> kernel module and all NVIDIA driver components have the same version.
>
> Any ideas on how I can fix this?
>
> Thanks,
> Harry
>
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I don't beleive the installation was all succesful. If you installed
using the nvidia installer you can try looking at
/var/log/nvidia-installer for errors.