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[André Barmasse <andre.barmasse@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am not sure if this is exactly related to your problems, but maybe it
can help other people to get the nvidia driver working with Lucid Lynx
Alpha 1, although I am sure that the X.org/Nvidia problem will be solved
with one of the next alpha versions.

I have just upgraded to Lucid Lynx Alpha 1. When I try to install
nvidia-glx-185, nvidia-glx-173 or nvidia-glx-96 synaptic wants to remove
the xserver completely. The installation of nvidia-glx-180 is possible
but the driver does not work the next time you reboot. Neither does the
nvidia-glx-195 driver form the PPA repository. By the way, my card is a
GeForce Go 6200/6400.

Same issue when I go to the console, kill gdm and install a freshly
downloaded nvidia driver (190 or 195). If then I restart gdm, the nvidia
driver is working fine for the time the computer is running. After the
next reboot the nvidia driver is not loaded.

I have detected a strange workaround. First, I have removed all nvidia
related stuff, and all xserver-xorg-video- drivers (including xserver-
xorg-video-all), leaving ONLY xserver-xorg-video-nv installed. Then I
have switched to the console, killed gdm, and installed the beta driver
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-195.22-pkg1.run. From now on, when I start or reboot,
there is no gdm. But when I log in, and start gdm manually, the nvidia
driver works like a charm every time.

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nv driver crashing with segmentation fault in libpthread.so.0
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/494627
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