libwfb.so not installed with nvidia driver
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22 (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: nvidia-glx-new
After installing my new Geforce 8800 GTS, the XServer did not start with the nvidia driver and exits with this error message:
...
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Need libwfb but wfbScreenInit not found
Fatal server error:
AddScreen/
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To resolve this problem, the following steps had to be done (found solution in forums around the web):
- Download nVidia installer 1.0-9755
- Extract with '-x' option
- copy and or link
NVIDIA-
to /usr/lib/
Be aware, that the problem only occurred with the new 8800 card. My old 6800 worked perfectly without this library.
Just saw that Bug #98641 already covers this problem since April ... nevermind.