Seeing the same problem in 12.04. About one in five boots, X fails to start, with the same all-too-familiar "Failed to initialize NVIDIA kernel module" error. Naturally, by the time I get to a shell, the kernel module has already successfully loaded and starting X manually works just fine.
** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/865111 Title: X quits, instead of waiting for kernel module to load To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/865111/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs