[mythtv-users] Problem updating video driver to 185.18.31

[Harry Devine]

Harry Devine wrote:
> Steve Allison wrote:
>> 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.
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> I didn't see any errors in the nvidia-installer.log file, other that 
> it saying it couldn't find any precompiled modules at ftp.nvidia.com 
> and it was going to have to compile its own.  It looks like it 
> compiled everything properly.  I do get a warning near the end that 
> says "Unable to perform the runtime configuration for library 
> 'libGL.so.1' ('/usr/lib32/libGL.so.185.18.31'); assuming successful 
> installation.".
>
> I was poking around the /usr directories and it looks like all of the 
> files for the video driver (the kernel modules, libs, etc) all point 
> to 185.18.31.  I did a search for anything having 180.44 in it since 
> the X log mentioned it, and I see a subdirectory under 
> /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/180.44/2.6.28-14-generic/x86_64. Nothing under 
> there for 185.18.31.
>
> Any thoughts or ideas?  Should I try and run the installer a 2nd time?
>
> Thanks,
> Harry
>
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Anyone?  Anyone at all?  Nobody has updated a video driver in the last 6 
months????

I just downloaded and tried to install 180.60 since I read in another 
thread a statement about the 185 drivers from nVidia not being very 
good.  I get the exact same errors and issues.  It seems like something 
with 180.44 is still hanging around, but I can't find it.

Please, does anyone have ANY insight on this?

Thanks,
Harry