[Bug 1068584] Re: Ubable to install proprietary Nvidia drivers with software-properties-gtk in Quantal (upgraded from Precise)

[Åsmund Stavdahl]

I am trying to install nvidia_current in a fresh install, and I get this issue. I followed this guide: http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ubuntu-quetzal-nvidia.html
I got this error when I came to the "modprobe nvidia_current" step.

This is the history of commands I ran before I got this error:
    4  sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-source linux-headers-`uname -r`
    5  sudo apt-get install nvidia-current
    6  sudo /sbin/lsmod | grep nvidia
    7  sudo depmod -a
    8  sudo /sbin/lsmod | grep nvidia
    9  modprobe nvidia_current
   10  sudo modprobe nvidia_current

Before this sequence of commands all I did on this install was to update
all packages.

This bug is keeping me from using 12.10 instead of Window$ (I want to
play games) :(

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => New

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Title:
  Ubable to install proprietary Nvidia drivers with software-properties-
  gtk in Quantal (upgraded from Precise)

Status in “software-properties” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have 12.10 (upgraded from 12.04) on my USB-flash and Nvidia Geforce 9600 GT.
  I tried to install all versions of Nvidia drivers (nvidia-current, nvidia-current-updates, nvidia-experimental-304) from software-properties-gtk.
  Install process is succesfull for all three, but there is no blacklist file in /etc/modprobe.d/ and after reboot I get nouveau in lsmod. So X11 uses nouveau driver, not Nvidia's.
  modinfo reports that nvidia drivers are installed correctly, modprobe fails with message "FATAL: Error inserting nvidia_current   (/lib/modules/3.5.0-17-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia_current.ko): No such device'" because of conflict with nouveau.

  May this is a complex problem of nvidia-detector, software-properties-
  gtk, etc...

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: software-properties-gtk 0.92.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Oct 19 15:27:39 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120328)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: software-properties
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-09 (9 days ago)

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