New kernel won't boot

[Frank McCormick]

On Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:08:54 -0500
Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 15:20 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: 
> > On Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:41:12 -0500
> > Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 12:30 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: 
> > > > On Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:48:06 +0000
> > > > Alan Pope <popey at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > On 3 March 2011 15:17, Frank McCormick <fmccormick at videotron.ca> wrote:
> > > > > >   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 ?
> > > > > >
> > > > > 
> > > > > It shouldn't need the kernel source, just the headers. The DKMS
> > > > > package pulls them in automatically.
> > > > 
> > > >   When I installed it just complained the "kernel source" was 
> > > > not installed.
> > > > 
> > > >   After I found and installed source and headers it compiled the
> > > > wrong module...(193 something something) so I was no further ahead.
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > You're not using the nVidia driver from nvidia.com are you?
> > > > 
> > > >    I was yes. I guess I should have removed it??
> > > >   Seems to me even with DKMS this is more complicated than
> > > > I'd like :)
> > > 
> > > It only gets complicated when you move outside the realm of .deb
> > > packages from the repos and use the vendor supplied package. With
> > > Fedora, I had to use the nVidia package. Thankfully, we don't with
> > > Ubuntu. I seem to recall that there is an un-install parameter with the
> > > nVidia supplied package. If so, you'll want to use that to completely
> > > remove it. It uses library directories that are different from the
> > > Ubuntu supplied nVidia package, which can play merry hell with your
> > > installation. 
> > > -- 
> > 
> >   Well I go so pi**ed with what was going on, I yanked the Nvidia card
> > and went back to Intel...with all it's faults! Hell it was only a GE
> > 5200-something so hardly state of the art.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
> > > "There are two Great Sins in the world...
> > > ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
> > 
> >   I am beginning to suspect I am guilty of both sins....
> > despite having run Linux for about 5 years.
> 
> Frank, I USED to work at Red Hat, a little over 10 years ago. It's so
> different now, that for my sanity's sake, I don't dink with the install
> any more. It's all changed. So, if synaptic wouldn't find it, I just
> patiently wait.  BTW, I used a 5200 for eons, and it just always managed
> to work with 3D apps. But, you really need the drivers for it to hum
> along. Just type "jockey" in the synaptic search bar and install the
> three packages of jockey and you should be good to go, no matter which
> desktop you use. 

  This latest episode tested my sanity! If I ever decide to go with
Nvidia again...I'll take your advice on Jockey. Must have been written
for tired and grizzled veterans (maybe by a tired, grizzled vet :))


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