latest kernel update (7.04)

[jack]

On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 22:09 -0400, debian wrote:
> James Takac wrote:
> > On Wednesday 26 September 2007 04:45:09 Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> >  
> >> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:45:28 +0100
> >>
> >> R Kimber <rkimber at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> >>    
> >>> Why does the latest kernel update for 2.6.20-16-generic not work
> >>> with linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20.16-generic?  My nvidia driver
> has
> >>> ceased to work.
> >>>
> >>> This does not normally happen with kernel security updates.
> <snip>
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I noticed much the same yesterday on my other laptop. After an
> update no more
> > nvidia display. So out of curiousity I reinstalled the driver, had
> some
> > updates come through, and all is fine again for now
> >
> > James
> >
> >  
> 
> </snip>
> 
> 
> note that it is best to reinstall the driver, especially if you use
> sudo
> apt-get dist-upgrade to upgrade your version of linux.
> 
> i had a similar thing happen to me where i updated my ubuntu, and my
> video drivers ceased to work aswell, so i just reinstalled the video
> drivers and boom, it worked again!
> 
> You should try reinstalling them
> 
> --cj
Any modules compiled and installed after the kernel will need to be
recompiled when a new kernel slot is installed... I've run into that
more times than I care to count...

Jack