Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module

[cbalasubramanian]

I upgraded ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10. I have a nvidia graphics card. After up gradation I did the following to install the nvidia driver


sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current


Installation was successful. When I tried to set nvidia setting: it gave me the following message.
“You do not appear to using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run 'nvidia-xconfig' as root), and restart the X server”


sudo nvidia-xconfig
sudo service lightdm restart


Then I rebooted the system. The booting did not happen.



Then I pressed Cntrl + Alt + F1 to enter into the login mode and gave the following commands to start the xserver


start xserver


I get the following message.


FATAL: Module nvidia_current not found
EE: NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your system's kernel log for additional error messages.
EE: Failed to load module 'nvidia' (module -specific error, 0)
EE: No drivers available


Fatal screen error:
no screens found


Someone please help where should I proceed now to get the xserver starting.

[oldfred]

Ubuntu provides the current nVidia drivers and in the newer versions offers current, current-updates and nvidia-current-experimental-XXX, not sure if they offer all three for older installs or not.

Natty or later Video issues. MAFoElffen
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1743535
See post #19 by Bogan on nVidia drivers from nVidia.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2075318