I followed your instructions exactly, and everything went smoothly, until i restarted gdm. Then my old issue reemerged. Ive got a supported card (geforce 9500). Every time i boot, Ubuntu forces me into low graphics mode and i get a dialog that reads "cannot find video device" or "failed to initialize nvidia graphics device on 1:0:0". When i open Nvidia xserver settings, i get a dialog that says "you do not appear to be using the nvidia X driver. Please edit your x configuration file (just run 'nvidia-xconfig' as root), and restart the X server."
Im not an expert, so help is very much appreciated. ive put hours into this so far, and i dont think i have what it takes to find the fix myself. I dont really plan on playing games, i just want my multi-mon capabilities back.
heres the output of grep -i "nvidia\|NVRM" /var/log/syslog
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Feb 13 20:07:23 ayasugi kernel: [ 11.015814] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Feb 13 20:07:23 ayasugi kernel: [ 11.267978] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Feb 13 20:07:23 ayasugi kernel: [ 11.267983] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Feb 13 20:07:23 ayasugi kernel: [ 11.268139] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 180.44 Mon Mar 23 14:59:10 PST 2009
Feb 13 20:07:34 ayasugi kernel: [ 24.964852] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 13 20:07:34 ayasugi kernel: [ 24.964857] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 20:07:41 ayasugi kernel: [ 32.133073] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 13 20:07:41 ayasugi kernel: [ 32.133078] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 20:07:48 ayasugi kernel: [ 39.287775] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 13 20:07:48 ayasugi kernel: [ 39.287779] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 20:09:33 ayasugi kernel: [ 12.609818] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Feb 13 20:09:33 ayasugi kernel: [ 12.862490] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Feb 13 20:09:33 ayasugi kernel: [ 12.862497] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Feb 13 20:09:33 ayasugi kernel: [ 12.862782] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 180.44 Mon Mar 23 14:59:10 PST 2009
Feb 13 20:36:40 ayasugi kernel: [ 11.603590] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Feb 13 20:36:40 ayasugi kernel: [ 11.855854] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Feb 13 20:36:40 ayasugi kernel: [ 11.855862] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Feb 13 20:36:40 ayasugi kernel: [ 11.856169] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 180.44 Mon Mar 23 14:59:10 PST 2009
Feb 13 20:36:51 ayasugi kernel: [ 25.576833] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 13 20:36:51 ayasugi kernel: [ 25.576837] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 20:36:58 ayasugi kernel: [ 32.617546] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 13 20:36:58 ayasugi kernel: [ 32.617551] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 20:37:05 ayasugi kernel: [ 39.648353] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 13 20:37:05 ayasugi kernel: [ 39.648358] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 20:38:33 ayasugi kernel: [ 12.084026] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Feb 13 20:38:33 ayasugi kernel: [ 12.336317] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Feb 13 20:38:33 ayasugi kernel: [ 12.336330] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Feb 13 20:38:33 ayasugi kernel: [ 12.336508] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 180.44 Mon Mar 23 14:59:10 PST 2009
Feb 13 20:38:44 ayasugi kernel: [ 25.913740] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 13 20:38:44 ayasugi kernel: [ 25.913745] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 20:38:51 ayasugi kernel: [ 33.026084] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 13 20:38:51 ayasugi kernel: [ 33.026089] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 20:38:58 ayasugi kernel: [ 40.150237] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 13 20:38:58 ayasugi kernel: [ 40.150241] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 20:40:09 ayasugi kernel: [ 12.241086] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Feb 13 20:40:09 ayasugi kernel: [ 12.493261] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Feb 13 20:40:09 ayasugi kernel: [ 12.493267] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Feb 13 20:40:09 ayasugi kernel: [ 12.493472] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 180.44 Mon Mar 23 14:59:10 PST 2009
Feb 13 20:40:20 ayasugi kernel: [ 26.012664] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 13 20:40:20 ayasugi kernel: [ 26.012669] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 20:40:27 ayasugi kernel: [ 33.116765] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 13 20:40:27 ayasugi kernel: [ 33.116769] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 20:40:34 ayasugi kernel: [ 40.208885] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 13 20:40:34 ayasugi kernel: [ 40.208889] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 20:42:46 ayasugi kernel: [ 12.238537] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Feb 13 20:42:46 ayasugi kernel: [ 12.490926] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Feb 13 20:42:46 ayasugi kernel: [ 12.490934] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Feb 13 20:42:46 ayasugi kernel: [ 12.491176] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 180.44 Mon Mar 23 14:59:10 PST 2009
Feb 13 20:42:57 ayasugi kernel: [ 25.986902] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 13 20:42:57 ayasugi kernel: [ 25.986907] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 20:43:04 ayasugi kernel: [ 33.070672] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 13 20:43:04 ayasugi kernel: [ 33.070677] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 20:43:11 ayasugi kernel: [ 40.164318] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 13 20:43:11 ayasugi kernel: [ 40.164323] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 21:11:11 ayasugi kernel: [ 229.288925] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Feb 13 21:11:11 ayasugi kernel: [ 229.543367] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Feb 13 21:11:11 ayasugi kernel: [ 229.543377] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Feb 13 21:11:11 ayasugi kernel: [ 229.543921] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 190.53 Tue Dec 8 18:51:41 PST 2009
Feb 13 21:12:53 ayasugi kernel: [ 21.247083] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Feb 13 21:12:53 ayasugi kernel: [ 21.500207] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Feb 13 21:12:53 ayasugi kernel: [ 21.500215] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Feb 13 21:12:53 ayasugi kernel: [ 21.500485] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 190.53 Tue Dec 8 18:51:41 PST 2009
Feb 13 21:12:57 ayasugi kernel: [ 25.694425] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1119)
Feb 13 21:12:57 ayasugi kernel: [ 25.694430] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 21:13:00 ayasugi kernel: [ 29.003356] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1119)
Feb 13 21:13:00 ayasugi kernel: [ 29.003361] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 21:13:04 ayasugi kernel: [ 32.297949] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1119)
Feb 13 21:13:04 ayasugi kernel: [ 32.297953] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 22:30:10 ayasugi kernel: [ 21.208688] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Feb 13 22:30:11 ayasugi kernel: [ 21.461182] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Feb 13 22:30:11 ayasugi kernel: [ 21.461190] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Feb 13 22:30:11 ayasugi kernel: [ 21.461472] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 190.53 Tue Dec 8 18:51:41 PST 2009
Feb 13 22:30:15 ayasugi kernel: [ 25.778383] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1119)
Feb 13 22:30:15 ayasugi kernel: [ 25.778388] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 22:30:18 ayasugi kernel: [ 29.091817] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1119)
Feb 13 22:30:18 ayasugi kernel: [ 29.091822] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 22:30:22 ayasugi kernel: [ 32.397074] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1119)
Feb 13 22:30:22 ayasugi kernel: [ 32.397079] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 22:32:46 ayasugi kernel: [ 20.687259] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Feb 13 22:32:47 ayasugi kernel: [ 20.939987] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Feb 13 22:32:47 ayasugi kernel: [ 20.940007] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Feb 13 22:32:47 ayasugi kernel: [ 20.940539] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 190.53 Tue Dec 8 18:51:41 PST 2009
Feb 13 22:32:51 ayasugi kernel: [ 25.204528] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1119)
Feb 13 22:32:51 ayasugi kernel: [ 25.204534] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 22:32:54 ayasugi kernel: [ 28.514376] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1119)
Feb 13 22:32:54 ayasugi kernel: [ 28.514380] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 22:32:58 ayasugi kernel: [ 31.821521] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1119)
Feb 13 22:32:58 ayasugi kernel: [ 31.821526] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 22:50:58 ayasugi kernel: [ 21.652573] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Feb 13 22:50:59 ayasugi kernel: [ 21.904977] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Feb 13 22:50:59 ayasugi kernel: [ 21.904984] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Feb 13 22:50:59 ayasugi kernel: [ 21.905243] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 180.44 Mon Mar 23 14:59:10 PST 2009
Feb 13 22:51:03 ayasugi kernel: [ 26.163755] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 13 22:51:03 ayasugi kernel: [ 26.163761] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 22:51:10 ayasugi kernel: [ 33.407967] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 13 22:51:10 ayasugi kernel: [ 33.407972] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 13 22:51:17 ayasugi kernel: [ 40.655731] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 13 22:51:17 ayasugi kernel: [ 40.655735] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 16 21:31:14 ayasugi kernel: [ 23.106699] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Feb 16 21:31:15 ayasugi kernel: [ 23.359688] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Feb 16 21:31:15 ayasugi kernel: [ 23.359695] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Feb 16 21:31:15 ayasugi kernel: [ 23.359955] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 180.44 Mon Mar 23 14:59:10 PST 2009
Feb 16 21:31:19 ayasugi kernel: [ 27.625075] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 16 21:31:19 ayasugi kernel: [ 27.625080] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 16 21:31:26 ayasugi kernel: [ 34.866948] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 16 21:31:26 ayasugi kernel: [ 34.866953] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 16 21:31:33 ayasugi kernel: [ 44.088143] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 16 21:31:33 ayasugi kernel: [ 44.088148] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 16 21:52:53 ayasugi kernel: [ 21.462979] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Feb 16 21:52:53 ayasugi kernel: [ 21.715335] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Feb 16 21:52:53 ayasugi kernel: [ 21.715342] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Feb 16 21:52:53 ayasugi kernel: [ 21.715608] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 180.44 Mon Mar 23 14:59:10 PST 2009
Feb 16 21:52:58 ayasugi kernel: [ 25.865014] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 16 21:52:58 ayasugi kernel: [ 25.865019] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 16 21:53:05 ayasugi kernel: [ 33.003150] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 16 21:53:05 ayasugi kernel: [ 33.003155] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 16 21:53:12 ayasugi kernel: [ 40.150527] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 16 21:53:12 ayasugi kernel: [ 40.150531] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 16 22:19:08 ayasugi kernel: [ 21.469160] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Feb 16 22:19:08 ayasugi kernel: [ 21.721545] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Feb 16 22:19:08 ayasugi kernel: [ 21.721563] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Feb 16 22:19:08 ayasugi kernel: [ 21.721838] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 180.44 Mon Mar 23 14:59:10 PST 2009
Feb 16 22:19:13 ayasugi kernel: [ 26.004854] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 16 22:19:13 ayasugi kernel: [ 26.004869] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 16 22:19:20 ayasugi kernel: [ 33.283611] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 16 22:19:20 ayasugi kernel: [ 33.283615] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 16 22:19:27 ayasugi kernel: [ 40.562388] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1081)
Feb 16 22:19:27 ayasugi kernel: [ 40.562392] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 16 23:12:12 ayasugi kernel: [ 3205.682491] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Feb 16 23:12:12 ayasugi kernel: [ 3205.683780] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 190.42 Tue Oct 20 20:18:32 PDT 2009
Feb 16 23:22:05 ayasugi kernel: [ 475.327262] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Feb 16 23:22:05 ayasugi kernel: [ 475.581725] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Feb 16 23:22:05 ayasugi kernel: [ 475.581735] nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
Feb 16 23:22:05 ayasugi kernel: [ 475.582197] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 190.42 Tue Oct 20 20:18:32 PDT 2009
Feb 16 23:22:10 ayasugi kernel: [ 480.017274] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1119)
Feb 16 23:22:10 ayasugi kernel: [ 480.017282] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 16 23:22:13 ayasugi kernel: [ 483.402948] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1119)
Feb 16 23:22:13 ayasugi kernel: [ 483.402953] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
Feb 16 23:22:16 ayasugi kernel: [ 486.746738] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0xffffffff:1119)
Feb 16 23:22:16 ayasugi kernel: [ 486.746742] NVRM: rm_init_adapter(0) failed
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