NVIDIA driver causes kernel freeze

[Thomas Olsen]

On Saturday 28 August 2010 20:35:07 Ric Moore wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-08-28 at 11:46 +0200, Thomas Olsen wrote:
> > It's not ideal but thats why I posted the link to the original thread.
> > If I don't succeed with the help I've gotten so far I might post a recap
> > of the probs in a new thread here - or I might just learn to live with
> > the nouveau driver ;-)
> 
> Did you remove it?? You might have to go on a witch hunt to find any
> remaining files, but I used synaptic and "completely removed" nouveau.
> While your display is still running, unload the nnvidia module with
> "Hardware Drivers" and remove it, too. Then re-download and re-install
> nvdia version for your card. Then activate it. Then run Nvidia X server
> settings, and re-write your /etc/X11/xorg.conf files after you have
> selected your monitor preferences. The new xorg.conf file should show
> "nvidia" and not nv or nouveau. This, in an ideal world, should work. Oh
> yeah, follow those instructions on getting rid of any nvidia files from
> the .run file. It really should work.

Sorry for the *very* late reply. I haven't been at home for a while, but now 
I've spent a lot of time reading both the official [*] Ubuntu docs and other 
peoples experience so I think I've got a plan :-) 

I'll post the result when I get the time to try again. Don't hold your breath 
;-)

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Best regards / med venlig hilsen

Thomas Olsen