[SOLVED] Nvidia reinstalled on every boot.

[PinkFloyd102489]

I have Ubuntu 8.04 on my Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop, with a GeForce 8600M GT in it. I usually like cutting edge, so I downloaded the x86_64 driver from Nvidia's website and installed it. Install went smooth, just like on my 32bit systems.

Only problem is, I have to reinstall upon every boot in order to normalize my graphics. If not, X tries to start but then fails and goes into low-graphics mode. After reinstalling the drivers, everything is fine.

Is anyone else having this problem or know what to do?

[Neo0351]

try this
gedit /etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common
and make the last line look like this
DISABLED_MODULES="nv"

[PinkFloyd102489]

Thanks, that worked!

[NullHead]

I usually purge nvidia-kernel-common to have my nvidia driver install and stay that way. I guess that works too. I've never heard of doing it that way, but as long as it works, I guess you'll be happy. :popcorn: