Kernel update broke Nvidia

[Steve Morris]

On 31/01/11 16:18, Goh Lip wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:06:48 +0800, R. John Savage Jr.
> <rsavagejr at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Is this the exact command "sudo apt-get remove --purge 2.6.32-28-*" 
>> and is it correct ?
>> ThanksJohn S.
>
> Yes, it is.
> But to add, Alan has a good suggestion earlier if you want to follow,
> that is
>
> <quote>
> Before removing a kernel, I'd purge the nvidia driver , reboot into a
> command line,
> install nvida-current, then reboot into the usual graphical interface
> and see if
> that fixes it.  I've never had much luck messing with the kernel but
> then I haven't
> had to do that in quite a while.
> <unquote>
> meaning...at a command prompt
>
> sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia-common
> sudo apt-get install nvidia-common
>
> but please check if you have nvidia-common or nvidia-current installed
> and use the right one.
>
> Also it may also work if you put in "nomodeset" at the linux line of
> the grub entry and boot-up. This will take you to a non-driver setting
> (vesa) and you can then install the nvidia-current or nvidia-common.
>
> But if these appear too daunting, then you just go back to the old
> kernel.
>
> Good luck - Goh Lip
>
Hi Goh, just one question on this front. I assume the instructions for
uninstalling/re-installing the nvidia driver are to cause dkms to
rebuild the kernel module. Has the bug that was in 10.04 where dkms
would remove the nvidia entries for all kernels and then only rebuild
the entry for the currently active kernel, been fixed?

regards,
Steve

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