[Bug 60433] Re: Binary Nvidia drivers not loaded after upgrade to linux-image-2.6.15-26-686 2.6.15-26.***47*** (USN-346-1)

[Ben Collins]

Here's the quick and dirty: The last security update included on symbol
change, boot_cpu_data, that should have caused an ABI bump. After
inspection, it seemed that this symbol affected no modules. However, I
failed to check the nvidia module.

The bad part is that the ABI check was disabled, since this one symbol
only seems to affect i386 and amd64, and didn't seem to affect any
modules.

This was a mistake, and I am rectifying this by uploading a new linux-
restricted-modules-2.6.15 rebuild against the new kernel. Long term
resolution will be in the next security update which will bump the ABI
properly.

Regrets to anyone affected by this issue. Expect a new l-r-m package
within 24 hours.

** Changed in: linux-meta (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: linux-meta => linux-source-2.6.15
   Importance: Untriaged => High
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Ben Collins
       Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Committed

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Binary Nvidia drivers not loaded after upgrade to linux-image-2.6.15-26-686 2.6.15-26.***47*** (USN-346-1) 
https://launchpad.net/bugs/60433