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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22 package

  1. Bug #106217
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 106217

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Nicolas Wu (nicolas.wu) wrote : Re: hidden file controlling NVIDIA driver does not get removed when switching from nvidia-glx-new back to nvidia-glx causing X not to start due to mismatch of versions

I can also confirm this bug.

Downgrading from nvidia-glx-new to nvidia-glx does not remove the file /lib/linux-restricted-modules/.nvidia_new_installed. This causes the wrong nvidia kernel module to be loaded (it loads the nvidia-glx-new module, instead of the nvidia-glx one), and causes an API mismatch.

The fix is indeed to remove the /lib/linux-restricted-modules/.nvidia_new_installed file, this ought to be done when removing the nvidia-glx-new package.