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[Kevin Cave <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Axel wrote :

""""Then I realized that I had gold as the default linker. Before
carrying out the next kernel update I put the bsd ld back as default
(simple symlink rewiring), ran the update - now the nvidia modules were
linked using bsd ld -, bravely rebooted into the new kernel and was
greeted by a friendly gdm!

Can anyone confirm?""""

YES! You cracked it! I can confirm that the problem seems to be related
to the "gold" linker. Since the Maverick upgrade I had kernel oops every
single time XOrg tried to start. The nvidia moduleee loadeds fine, it
seems to be only when the X server loads does the OOPS occiur.

Following from what you said, I changed the ld soft link to
/usr/bin/ld.bfd , reinstalled the nVidia driver, and hey presto it
works!

Now, the question has to be... what is the "gold" linker doing to the
nVidia source that "ld.bfd" is not?

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/607399

Title:
  Loading the nvidia driver causes kernel oops in maverick, natty