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   Seaside Peter wrote:   
   > Been trying for days to get the nvidia drivers up and running.I've tried   
   > everything I can find in the way of howtos, to no avail.   
   >    
   > On my latest attempt, I uninstalled everything nvidia I could find on my   
   > system, bar the ubuntu nv driver, then ran nvidia's own installer. During   
   > installation I get msgs to the effect 1) no precompiled kernel interface   
   > was found to match your kernel. The installer then (apparently)compiles   
   > the required interface itself, issuing the msg 2)building a kernel module.   
   >    
   > Installation finished with the following msgs 3) unable to create   
   > /lib/modules/2.6.17.11-386/volatile/nvidia.ko ; 4)unable to restore file   
   > /lib/modules/2.6.17-11-386/volatile/nvidia.ko   
   >    
   > At the end, the installer says installation was completed successfully,   
   > alters xorg.conf to include nvidia rather than nv as the driver and   
   > reboots.   
   >    
   > Ubuntu is obviously running - but the monitor switches off. I've tried   
   > synaptic, envy and automatix, and finished with exactly the same result.   
   >    
   > At my wits' end with it now. Can anybody suggest a way forward?   
   >    
   >    
   I cannot understand how you could be having this much trouble. The    
   Nvidia drivers were likely the easiest thing that I had to install. It    
   almost sounds like the kernal has been compromised by all the manual    
   deletions you have made.   
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