linux-image-386 (linux-image-2.6.15.26) and Nvidia support

[Serg B.]

Hi,

No, Xorg.conf is fine after the update. It's the kernel module that
can not be found.

On 01/08/06, marc <gmane at auxbuss.com> wrote:
> Serg said...
> > Howdy All,
> >
> > I've asked this question before with no suitable answer, so I thought
> > I'd give it a go again after a bunch of unsuccessful attempts.
> >
> > I am currently using kernel: linux-image-2.6.15-23-386
> >
> > The newest version as indicated by apt is: linux-image-2.6.15-26-386
> >
> > I don't know how I ended up without my meta packages but I did, so
> > installing linux-image-386, that gives me the newest available kernel
> > package (...-26). However when I boot into it my X server refuses to
> > start. Returned error message is that it can not find Nvidia driver â?? I
> > am using nvidia-glx package for the drivers.
> >
> > I tried installing linux-386, linux-image-386,
> > linux-restricted-modules-386, nvidia-kernel-common and nvidia-glx. All
> > meta packages with exception of restricted-modules and
> > nvidia-kernel-common return linux-XXX-2.6.15-26-386. The other two seem
> > to like ...-23 even though I am booted into ...-26.
> >
> > I tried doing depmod â??all and modinfo nvidia with no luck, it can't find
> > it. So I am really out of ideas here, any help would be great.
>
> I've found that xorg.conf gets scrambled with any automated update.
> Hence, I keep a copy, and overwrite whatever xorg - or whatever process
> is screwing it up - thinks it should do. Worked fine in Badger for me,
> though.
>
> --
> Best,
> Marc
>
>
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