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decimal

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From: Greece

Registered: 2007-06-27

Posts: 43

NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidia0 after update

Just as the title says I'm getting this error after the last updates every time I try to start X.
Any help will be appreciated.

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidia0 after update

Did you restart your computer (not only X, you need to restart the whole thing)?
Which driver is causing problems (which one are you using), nvidia, nvidia-173xx or nvidia-96xx?

decimal

Member

From: Greece

Registered: 2007-06-27

Posts: 43

Re: NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidia0 after update

Indeed I did do those things.
I am using the nvidia driver.

karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidia0 after update

Any interesting errors / warnings in /var/log/Xorg.0.log?

richardmurri

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Registered: 2008-10-29

Posts: 39

Re: NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidia0 after update

I got the same thing this morning.  Rolling back to the 260.19.44 version worked.  I'm not sure why the new driver didn't work for me.

decimal

Member

From: Greece

Registered: 2007-06-27

Posts: 43

Re: NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidia0 after update

Downgrading did the trick, but we need a more permanent solution.....

falconindy

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From: New York, USA

Registered: 2009-10-22

Posts: 4,111

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Re: NVIDIA: could not open the device file /dev/nvidia0 after update

Your solution lies with nvidia. As its a binary blob, I'm not sure what you expect downstream distributors to do. And given the lack of any detailed information in this thread, I can only point you here:

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=14

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