Comment 20 for bug 607490

My Ubuntu Maverick on an old AthlonXP PC, with an Asus A7V266-E motherboard and a 7600GS video card from Club 3D worked with the current nvidia drivers version 256.44 until
2010-08-19 20:29:40. After the updates of that date, I had a different nvidia problem then Søren Holm. These are the updates

Start-Date: 2010-08-19 20:29:40
Install: libvala-0.10-0:i386 (0.9.7-0ubuntu1, automatic)
Upgrade: ubuntuone-client:i386 (1.3.8-0ubuntu2, 1.3.10-0ubuntu1), libgtk2.0-common:i386 (2.21.5-1ubuntu6, 2.21.6-1ubuntu1), espeak:i386 (1.43.03-2ubuntu1, 1.44.03-0ubuntu1), libgail18:i386 (2.21.5-1ubuntu6, 2.21.6-1ubuntu1), gnome-desktop-data:i386 (2.31.6-0ubuntu1, 2.31.90-0ubuntu1), nautilus:i386 (2.31.6-0ubuntu3.2, 2.31.90-0ubuntu1), libindicator0:i386 (0.3.11-0ubuntu2, 0.3.12-0ubuntu1), libcomerr2:i386 (1.41.12-1ubuntu1, 1.41.12-1ubuntu2), indicator-application:i386 (0.2.3-0ubuntu2, 0.2.4-0ubuntu1), libgail-common:i386 (2.21.5-1ubuntu6, 2.21.6-1ubuntu1), gnome-power-manager:i386 (2.31.6-0ubuntu1, 2.31.90-0ubuntu1), rhythmbox:i386 (0.13.0git20100715-0ubuntu6, 0.13.0git20100715-0ubuntu8), gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386 (2.21.5-1ubuntu6, 2.21.6-1ubuntu1), nautilus-data:i386 (2.31.6-0ubuntu3.2, 2.31.90-0ubuntu1), ubuntuone-client-gnome:i386 (1.3.8-0ubuntu2, 1.3.10-0ubuntu1), e2fsprogs:i386 (1.41.12-1ubuntu1, 1.41.12-1ubuntu2), libsyncdaemon-1.0-1:i386 (1.3.8-0ubuntu2, 1.3.10-0ubuntu1), libgdu-gtk0:i386 (2.30.1-1, 2.30.1-2), gnome-about:i386 (2.31.6-0ubuntu1, 2.31.90-0ubuntu1), rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder:i386 (0.13.0git20100715-0ubuntu6, 0.13.0git20100715-0ubuntu8), libgdu0:i386 (2.30.1-1, 2.30.1-2), eog:i386 (2.31.90-0ubuntu1, 2.31.90-0ubuntu2), busybox-static:i386 (1.15.3-1ubuntu1, 1.15.3-1ubuntu2), gnome-disk-utility:i386 (2.30.1-1, 2.30.1-2), libgtk2.0-bin:i386 (2.21.5-1ubuntu6, 2.21.6-1ubuntu1), espeak-data:i386 (1.43.03-2ubuntu1, 1.44.03-0ubuntu1), python-vte:i386 (0.25.90-0ubuntu2, 0.25.90-0ubuntu3), libvte9:i386 (0.25.90-0ubuntu2, 0.25.90-0ubuntu3), libclutter-1.0-0:i386 (1.2.12-0ubuntu4, 1.2.12-0ubuntu5), libglib2.0-data:i386 (2.25.14-1ubuntu1, 2.25.14-1ubuntu2), libespeak1:i386 (1.43.03-2ubuntu1, 1.44.03-0ubuntu1), e2fslibs:i386 (1.41.12-1ubuntu1, 1.41.12-1ubuntu2), rhythmbox-plugins:i386 (0.13.0git20100715-0ubuntu6, 0.13.0git20100715-0ubuntu8), libglib2.0-0:i386 (2.25.14-1ubuntu1, 2.25.14-1ubuntu2), indicator-sound:i386 (0.3.9-0ubuntu2, 0.4.0-0ubuntu1), libss2:i386 (1.41.12-1ubuntu1, 1.41.12-1ubuntu2), python-ubuntuone-client:i386 (1.3.8-0ubuntu2, 1.3.10-0ubuntu1), libgnome-desktop-2-17:i386 (2.31.6-0ubuntu1, 2.31.90-0ubuntu1), busybox-initramfs:i386 (1.15.3-1ubuntu1, 1.15.3-1ubuntu2), libnautilus-extension1:i386 (2.31.6-0ubuntu3.2, 2.31.90-0ubuntu1), libvte-common:i386 (0.25.90-0ubuntu2, 0.25.90-0ubuntu3), libgtk2.0-0:i386 (2.21.5-1ubuntu6, 2.21.6-1ubuntu1)
End-Date: 2010-08-19 20:31:47

This is in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log

[ 17.845] ================ WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING ================
[ 17.845] This server has a video driver ABI version of 8.0 that this
driver does not officially support. Please check
http://www.nvidia.com/ for driver updates or downgrade to an X
server with a supported driver ABI.
[ 17.845] =================================================================
[ 17.845] (WW) NVIDIA: The driver will continue to load, but may behave strangely.
[ 17.845] (WW) NVIDIA: This driver was compiled against the X.Org server SDK from git commit 2307ab5bc9365ebbe04568edb7c7620a23689b70 and may not be compatible with the final version of this SDK.
[ 17.845] (WW) NVIDIA: This server has an unsupported input driver ABI version (have 11.0, need < 10.0). The driver will continue to load, but may behave strangely.
[ 17.859] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your
[ 17.859] (EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error messages.
[ 17.859] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[ 17.859] (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so
[ 17.859] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0)
[ 17.859] (EE) No drivers available.
[ 17.859]
Fatal server error:
[ 17.859] no screens found

But also for this problem, Maverick starts normal with "nopat" added via /etc/default/grub and update-grub