Re: [SLUG] Automatix/EasyUbuntu and kernel upgrades

2006-04-11 Thread tuxta2
Richard Neal wrote: On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 02:40 +1000, tuxta2 wrote: Hmm, strange that there is a perception that Ubuntu doesn't handle nvidia drivers with kernel upgrades. Not saying it does just saying when you do a kernel update it doesnt simple check on the reboot to make sure th

Re: [SLUG] Automatix/EasyUbuntu and kernel upgrades

2006-04-11 Thread Richard Neal
On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 02:40 +1000, tuxta2 wrote: > Hmm, strange that there is a perception that Ubuntu doesn't handle > nvidia drivers with kernel upgrades. Not saying it does just saying when you do a kernel update it doesnt simple check on the reboot to make sure the nvidia driver is re-initia

Re: [SLUG] Automatix/EasyUbuntu and kernel upgrades

2006-04-09 Thread tuxta2
Richard Neal wrote: I agree One nice feature Mandriva has is when you update the kernel and reboot, it runs a program to reinstall the nvidia/ati driver for the new kernel. So whats needed is for ubuntu to get a init script that checks to see if the kernel has the nvidia/ati driver installed,

Re: [SLUG] Automatix/EasyUbuntu and kernel upgrades

2006-04-09 Thread Richard Neal
I agree One nice feature Mandriva has is when you update the kernel and reboot, it runs a program to reinstall the nvidia/ati driver for the new kernel. So whats needed is for ubuntu to get a init script that checks to see if the kernel has the nvidia/ati driver installed, if not install it, if

Re: [SLUG] Automatix/EasyUbuntu and kernel upgrades

2006-04-07 Thread tuxta2
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: In Ubuntu, Automatix/EasyUbuntu can be used to install a range of things which are not normally available in the distribution. If I use one of these scripts to install something which interfaces with the kernel, what happens when I receive a kernel update and reboot?

[SLUG] Automatix/EasyUbuntu and kernel upgrades

2006-04-07 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
In Ubuntu, Automatix/EasyUbuntu can be used to install a range of things which are not normally available in the distribution. If I use one of these scripts to install something which interfaces with the kernel, what happens when I receive a kernel update and reboot? For example, if I use them t