New kernel won't boot

[Nils Kassube]

Frank McCormick wrote:
> 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 ?

I think you need the appropriate linux-headers package. Try this command

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

in a terminal.


Nils