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

[Serg]

Of course I tried that :) With no luck.

Also, an older message provided a link to restricted modules 26 package.
I can get that to work (probably) or I could just build my own kernel
(package it and all), it's not the point and I don't want to. I want to
get the system updated and working through apt.

This is the whole point. If I can't get it going through standard tools
then there is really no reason to hack around it since it will provide
more headaches later... 

So once again I am at the wall... Any more ideas guys?

   Serg

On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 13:50 +0200, Loïc Martin wrote:
> Serg a écrit :
> > 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 – 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 –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.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >    Serg
> Sounds like a problem I've been having since April releases of Dapper. 
> Try to connect to a console (Ctrl+Alt+F2), login, then startx and see if 
> it works. You can also sudo killall gdm then sudo gdm &
> If that doesn't work, then I've got no idea.
> Cheers,
> Loïc
>