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jockey package

  1. Bug #350776
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Comment 30 for bug 350776

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Paulo da Rocha (pcdopc) wrote : Re: [Bug 350776] Re: jockey backend crashed when trying to install nvidia driver

Update 2: I tried one more time AND 173 works AND extra effects too!

Obs. : I didn't try anything new I just do the same thing I tried before. o/

2009/5/9 Paulo César <email address hidden>

> Update: Only 180 is working. 173 FAIL!
>
> 2009/5/9 M.Letcher <m.letcher@q.com>
>
> Ok, another weekend, another try, and still no joy. I disabled the CD
>> option in the update manager. At least Jockey didn't crash this time.
>> However, the only option in hardware drivers this time was for nv - which
>> appeared to default to nv-173. Jockey looked for drivers but didn't even
>> offer options for 173 much less 180. Attempting to enable effects failed
>> after a search for drivers. So, once again I manually removed nv-180-glx,
>> re-installed it and experienced the failure of X to start. Again,
>> /dev/nvidia0 isn't recognized and so the 8800-GT card at PCI-1:0.0 fails to
>> get initialized and X fails. Back to Vista, again. I'm sooo disappointed
>> that this is taking more than 4 months to resolve as its just getting a
>> graphics driver installed.
>> Any suggestions or help is greatly appreaciated.
>> I've been trying to get my nieces interested in Ubuntu but this is giving
>> me caution in suggesting it to them. They're busy enough already and lack my
>> patience.
>>
>> --
>> jockey backend crashed when trying to install nvidia driver
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/350776
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>> of the bug.
>>
>> Status in “jockey” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>>
>> Bug description:
>> Binary package hint: jockey-common
>>
>> While installing nvidia propritery drivers (180) in Jaunty Kubuntu Beta,
>> jockey backend crashed with following error : Sorry, the Jockey backend
>> crashed. Please file a bug at: ubuntu-bug jockey-common Trying to recover by
>> restarting backend. Unable to perform update after this.
>>
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> E é como sempre dizem:
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> navigator uses stars."

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E é como sempre dizem:
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- "We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time."