[mythtv-users] Problem updating video driver to 185.18.31

[John Drescher]

On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Harry Devine<lifter89 at comcast.net> wrote:
> While trying to investigate and fix my "snow on analog stations" issue (see
> Gossamer Threads
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/392166?search_string=snow%20on%20analog%20stations;#392166),
> I decided to try updating the video driver for my nVidia 9400GT card.  I
> downloaded the 185.18.31 package and went through the installation.  It
> appeared to go well,but when I boot up, I get an error in my Xorg.0.log file
> stating:
>
> (EE): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module.  Please see the
> system's kernel log for additional error messages and consult the NVIDIA
> README for details.
> (EE): Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
>
> I check /var/log/messages, and I see the following error (part of it is
> cut-off on my display, so the exact wording might not be exact):
>
> NVRM: API mismatch: this client has the version 185.18.31, but this kernel
> module has the version 180.44.  Please make sure that the kernel module and
> all NVIDIA driver components have the same version.
>
> Any ideas on how I can fix this?
>
reboot

or

stop X windows

modprobe -r nvidia

restart X

John