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,
-- 
Daniel T. Chen            crimsun at ubuntu.com
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