I can confirm the driver from Hardy Proposed fixes this problem. I reverted the workaround before updating the driver to make sure it would work for someone that didn't do the workaround. And it's working fine now, no more crashes.
:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-glx-new nvidia-glx-new: Installed: 169.12+2.6.24.12-17.36 Candidate: 169.12+2.6.24.12-17.36 Version table: *** 169.12+2.6.24.12-17.36 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-proposed/restricted Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 169.12+2.6.24.12-16.34 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
I can confirm the driver from Hardy Proposed fixes this problem. I reverted the workaround before updating the driver to make sure it would work for someone that didn't do the workaround. And it's working fine now, no more crashes.
:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-glx-new 2.6.24. 12-17.36 2.6.24. 12-17.36 2.6.24. 12-17.36 0 us.archive. ubuntu. com hardy-proposed/ restricted Packages dpkg/status 12+2.6. 24.12-16. 34 0 us.archive. ubuntu. com hardy/restricted Packages
nvidia-glx-new:
Installed: 169.12+
Candidate: 169.12+
Version table:
*** 169.12+
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
169.
500 http://