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ith140

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From: Ottawa, ON

Registered: 2005-07-13

Posts: 32

Nvidia Update Issue 100.14.19-3

I just updated my kernel and NVIDIA drivers last night, and now X won't start. I get this error:

(EE) NVIDIA(0): Need libwfb but wfbScreenInit not found

I am running a 8800GTS and I found this website mentioning something that could be related:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=95365

I haven't had time to check the solution yet, but I thought I'd let everyone know just in case they run into similar problems.

jnengland77

Member

From: Black Hills, USA

Registered: 2005-05-06

Posts: 111

Re: Nvidia Update Issue 100.14.19-3

Yeah, I have that exact same problem.  Upgraded last night, and I couldn't start X.   Just don't have time to fix it at the moment.

Mr Green

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2003-12-21

Posts: 5,896

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Re: Nvidia Update Issue 100.14.19-3

make sure kernel is updated to 2.6.23....

edit xorg.conf to vesa

HTH

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Mr Green

ith140

Member

From: Ottawa, ON

Registered: 2005-07-13

Posts: 32

Re: Nvidia Update Issue 100.14.19-3

Here is the fix.  I guess the dev will have to fix this up...

http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-449105.html

Look at the posting for heldal and hymntolife....

This is a better fix than disabling the NVIDIA drivers.

AriciU

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Registered: 2007-08-31

Posts: 79

Re: Nvidia Update Issue 100.14.19-3

Delete libwfbso and instal the latest 100.14.23 drivers. They work better then 100.14.19 anyway.

wantilles

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From: Athens - Greece

Registered: 2007-03-29

Posts: 327

Re: Nvidia Update Issue 100.14.19-3

Speaking of nVidia 100.14.23, I made two packages (nvidia-utils & nvidia) of the 100.14.23 (based on the 100.14.19 PKGBUILDs) and so far for a week they have been working flawlessly with kernel 2.6.23, Xorg 7.2, Gnome 2.20 and Compiz-Fusion-Git, in both architectures (x86_64, i686). Cards tested is a PCI-e 6800GT and an AGP 6600GT.