New kernel won't boot

Frank McCormick fmccormick at videotron.ca
Thu Mar 3 15:17:57 UTC 2011


On Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:02:35 +0000
Alan Pope <popey at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On 3 March 2011 04:40, MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > This is an ongoing issue with the NVidia proprietary driver - you have
> > to rebuild it every time you boot.
> >
> 
> I haven't recompiled an nVidia driver module for a good couple of years.
> 
> > In theory, it should be possible to write a startup script that checks
> 
> Already done. DKMS. Install it and it takes care of updating the
> nvidia kernel module before x starts.



   I took your advice and installed it - it complained that the kernel
source wasn't installed. Does anyone know the proper name for the
source for the current kernel ? And how do I get DKMS to re-run after
it is installed ?


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Cheers




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