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

[marc]

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.

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Best,
Marc