Kernel Updates Breaking nvidia Drivers?
crimsun at fungus.sh.nu
crimsun at fungus.sh.nu
Fri Sep 23 00:38:24 CDT 2005
On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 12:35:36AM -0400, Greg Taylor wrote:
> Has anyone else noticed that with each kernel update, they seem to break
> the nvidia module? I dist-upgraded today on my Inspiron 5150 that has a
> nVidia card in it, and it would appear that the
> linux-restricted-modules-686 package has been removed and is now not
> installable. I tried booting on the 386 kernel which usually works, but
> doesn't for the same reason (nvidia module can't be found).
Everytime the kernel ABI is bumped, linux-restricted-modules must be
recompiled. Please be patient; a new l-r-m should be in the Ubuntu pool
shortly.
Cheers,
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Daniel T. Chen crimsun at ubuntu.com
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