kernel, nvidia problems after upgrading inspiron to gutsy

(=?utf-8?q?=60=60-=5F-=C2=B4=C2=B4?=) -- Fernando Ubuntu at bugabundo.net
Mon Oct 29 01:04:08 UTC 2007


On Wednesday 24 October 2007 16:48:30 Charlie Zender wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I recently upgraded my fully patched feisty i686 laptop to gutsy.
> The laptop is a Intel dual core Dell Inspiron 9400, ~1.5 yrs old.
> The upgrade (with adept-updater) failed in the middle somewhere,
> possibly due to the renaming of the medibuntu.org archives.
> In any case, I finished the upgrade to gutsy using aptitude and
> now my gutsy laptop behaves strangely.
> 
> 1. The 2.6.22 kernel does not recognize both CPUs
>    So I typically boot into 2.6.20 (feisty's kernel) instead
> 
> 2. The 2.6.22 kernel activate the internal Intel 3945 wireless,
>    nor the the internal wired ethernet port.
>    So I typically boot into 2.6.20 (feisty's kernel) instead.
>    Yes, I activated the intel 3945 driver in the restricted driver manager
>    Yes, the ipw3945 kernel modules seem to be there
> 
> 3. The Nvidia driver fails with both 2.6.22 and 2.6.20 kernels
>    Instead I must use the 'nv' driver
>    Software suspend does not work with 'nv' (dark screen after resume)
>    Yes, I activated the nvidia driver in the restricted driver manager
>    Yes, I tried dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>    Yes, the nvidia kernel modules seem to be there
> 
> Basically, it seems like gutsy broke the fun stuff that used to
> work with feisty.
> 
> I'm hoping these symptoms "ring a bell" with someone who can
> recommend a course of action to fix these problems.
> 
> Any help appreciated,
> Charlie

Make sure you are running the generic kernel and not the 386 (this one doesnt support multi CPU/core


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