Ubuntu 12.10 proprietary NVIDIA drivers - video bios not available

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12-19-2012, 07:54 AM	#1
skiman1979 LQ Newbie Registered: Dec 2009 Location: Earth Distribution: My distro changes somewhat often. I've used Gentoo, Ubuntu, Mandrake, Red Hat, and others. Posts: 4 Rep:	Ubuntu 12.10 proprietary NVIDIA drivers - video bios not available Hello, I recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 (separately as an upgrade, and as a fresh install) and installed the NVIDIA proprietary drivers. I tried installing the drivers both from a download off nvidia.com, and through the "system settings" applet in the "additional drivers" tab. When I reboot the system, the standard BIOS POST tests occur as usual, and the screen goes blank and displays a message: xgifb: video bios not available. The system does not appear to boot any further after this. Has anyone seen this issue?

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