If it still won't work, you can check lsmod | grep nvidia If the problem persists, try manually looking through the output of ps a to find possible processes there. To see if there is a suspicious process there. If there are still processes using the nvidia module, you can try e.g. Should get the graphical subsystem going again. Note the message that is written to the terminal: it should give you the new version of the Nvidia driver. You can try to stop things somewhat nicely (all graphical applications will die) by e.g. There is currently a process using the nvidia module.

In /etc/default/grub, GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT='text'Īnd in /etc/modprobe.d/nf, blacklist vga16fbĭoes not recognize a job to stop, when the 'text' flag is in the grub configuration file. Simplest remedy is to reboot your computer. Your kernel supports module unloading, and still receive this message, then an error may have occured that has corrupted the NVIDIA kernel module's usage count the Please be sure you have exited X before attempting to upgrade your driver. Kernel was configured without support for module unloading. This may be because it is in use (for example, by the X server), but may also happen if your

ERROR: An NVIDIA kernel module 'nvidia' appears to already be loaded in your kernel. I'm trying to install the 285.05.33 Nvidia developer driver. I'm nowhere near the computer so the usual Control-Alt-F1 is out, although I'm not sure if this actually stops X in 11.10.

I'm having trouble stopping X over SSH, on an Ubuntu 11.10 system.

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