New kernel won't boot

[MR ZenWiz]

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Frank McCormick <fmccormick at videotron.ca> wrote:
:
>
> 2.6.35-28-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 1 14:40:58 UTC 2011
>
> I have switched back to the "nouveau" driver for now...until
> I feel like tackling recompiling the new module. Besides I
> don't really need 3d accel.

This is an ongoing issue with the NVidia proprietary driver - you have
to rebuild it every time you boot.

In theory, it should be possible to write a startup script that checks
to see if there is a driver present and build it on the fly before X
comes up, but my first experiment at that failed miserably (did
nothing).  I haven't revisited it since it happens infrequently
enough.  If there was a working dkms version that would be nice, too.
In the mean time, when it comes up to the command prompt and there's
not X login screen, that's enough to jog my memory.  It's a simple,
relatively short process....