Another nvidia problem

Question

I know that there are few topics about nvidia failures after upgrade, but I think my problem is somewhat different and weird.
I was using nvidia-beta driver for some time (really old one, older than current nvidia stable) and recently I updated to nvidia stable package. But Xorg freezes with black screen after start.
Here is "tail" from Xorg.log (looks like segfault?):
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE
(II) Initializing extension GLX
Backtrace:
0: X(xf86SigHandler+0x7e) [0x80e3a7e]
1: [0xb8068400]
2: X(main+0x2e5) [0x8073d35]
3: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7e285c5]
4: X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0x211) [0x80731f1]
Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11. Server aborting
Also links stuff (everything seems to be fine):
[nsf @ ~]$ ls -l /usr/lib | grep GL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 285509 Май 19 18:26 libCgGL.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Июл 26 22:53 libGL.so -> libGL.so.177.13
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Июл 26 22:53 libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.177.13
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 660676 Июл 26 22:53 libGL.so.177.13
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 262410 Мар 3 15:32 libGLEW.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Мар 3 15:32 libGLEW.so -> libGLEW.so.1.5.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Мар 3 15:32 libGLEW.so.1.5 -> libGLEW.so.1.5.0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 292458 Мар 3 15:32 libGLEW.so.1.5.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Июн 22 14:08 libGLU.so -> libGLU.so.1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Июн 22 14:08 libGLU.so.1 -> libGLU.so.1.3.070003
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 581315 Июн 22 14:09 libGLU.so.1.3.070003
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Июл 26 22:53 libGLcore.so.1 -> libGLcore.so.177.13
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11211036 Дек 28 2007 libGLcore.so.169.07
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13837928 Июл 26 22:53 libGLcore.so.177.13
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Июн 22 14:08 libGLw.so -> libGLw.so.1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Июн 22 14:08 libGLw.so.1 -> libGLw.so.1.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13718 Июн 22 14:09 libGLw.so.1.0.0
I checked Xorg with vesa driver, everything works fine. Also I disabled all unnecessary nvidia options from xorg.conf, so it is really minimalistic. But xorg still freezes. Also I tried to install new nvidia-beta, no luck.
Video card: pci-e geforce 6800gt
I hate nvidia.
The only solution I think is to manually edit PKGBUILD and install the old one working driver.
Update:
Sorry, there is a similar thread already:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=50318
Last edited by nsf (2008-07-26 19:06:56)

Answer 1

A very embarassed mg
Dont be feeling too embarrassed
We've all taken the step of "lets learn something" by subscribing first to Linux and then to Arch.
It can be quite a steep learning curve but there are plenty of folks here happy to help, especially as your question was formed in a good way.
Mainly you tried to help yourself by researching the manual and forums first then, when stuck, clearly stated your problem, what steps you've taken so far and any error messages chucked out by the system. And you were courteous enough to come back and say you sorted it, despite any (unwarranted)  feelings you may look a bit of a berk.
Model post !
oh and btw, welcome to Arch and the Arch community
Have fun 8)
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