installing nvidia drivers, api mismatch

[duttocal]

to get my graphics card working i got a linux driver from nvidia
anyways after installing it, startx started ranting about an api mismatch,

my graphics card is an nvidia (quadro) fx 1400 (old, bulky, but amazingly powerful)
also im running the latest ubuntu

things i did to download:
the download hated how x server was still on, init 3 didnt work so i did init 1 and pressed esc out of the loading screen which somehow got the x server to stop completely
there the download said i should use some other screen just in case
and then it failed a pre-load, oh well downloading anyways :P

startx error later:
api mismatch blahblahblah
nvidia kernal modules version 173.14.30 <-- its not supposed to be that
nvidia driver components version 285.05.09 <-- the driver i installed

anyways i backed up out of the problem, hoping to get help on how to get the driver working this time

[Kloschüssel]

nvidia kernal modules version 173.14.30 <-- its not supposed to be that
nvidia driver components version 285.05.09 <-- the driver i installed

If it's true what you're saying, you just have to rebuild the kernel modules for the new nvidia driver. This is for example covered in the ubuntu wiki help manual here, answered in forums like here, .. Just search for it using your favorite search engine.

[Rubberman]

1. Remove all installed video drivers with Synaptic, including nouveau, etc. You may need to also blacklist the nouveau driver.
2. Reboot into text mode - should be automatic with video drivers uninstalled.
3. Install nVidia proprietary driver from text mode - also install opengl files/libraries when asked.
4. Reboot.

[cynwulf]

The first problem is that you already have an earlier driver installed. Remove that first.

The kernel module should then build ok, if it doesn't it may because kernel headers are not installed so install them.