latest kernal upgrade borked nvidia driver
Thilo Six
T.Six at gmx.de
Sun Jun 10 20:25:08 UTC 2007
Cybe R. Wizard wrote the following on 10.06.2007 21:58
> On the eighth of this month I received this upgrade:
>
> Upgraded the following packages:
> libxvidcore4 (2:1.1.2-0.1ubuntu1.1~proposed1) to 2:1.1.2-0.1ubuntu1.1
> linux-headers-2.6.20-16 (2.6.20-16.28) to 2.6.20-16.29
> linux-headers-2.6.20-16-generic (2.6.20-16.28) to 2.6.20-16.29
> linux-image-2.6.20-16-generic (2.6.20-16.28) to 2.6.20-16.29
> linux-libc-dev (2.6.20-16.28) to 2.6.20-16.29
>
> after which the nvidia driver for my GeForce 7600 GS no longer works.
> I've changed it back to the 'nv' driver and now get only 800x600
> resolution, strange since I got 1024x768 with it before. There is no
> upgrade available for the nvidia driver through synaptic and I do
> understand that it is proprietary so do you think I should install the
> nvidia-available driver or wait for one to become available through
> Ubuntu channels?
> I do so miss those cool 3d effects!
>
> Cybe R. Wizard
I have installed both .28 and .29 and with both my nvidia still works flawlessly.
As i understand the last update (.29) did not change the ABI so there has not
been a need for a nvidia-glx update.
what exactly is your error?
(hint /var/log/Xorg.0.log)
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Thilo
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