That is what i was always doing! After each kernel update i reinstalled the driver. The problem is that the updated kernel doesn't even boot anymore. Or am i misunderstanding you explanations?
________________________________ From: Timo Aaltonen <timo.aalto...@canonical.com> To: icid...@yahoo.com Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 4:35 PM Subject: [Bug 829334] Re: Xorg doesn't start after the update We don't support hand-installed upstream drivers. Ubuntu provides a driver version for Nvidia, and it's the only version that's supported. When you install the vendor driver by hand, the installation script builds the module for the current kernel ABI version, so you need to build a version for the new update. Or just purge the driver and use what Ubuntu provides (with automatic kernel module builds etc). -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/829334 Title: Xorg doesn't start after the update Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Well, not sure if Xorg or not, but after i did an update (using security updates and recommended ones) the system would not boot into using the 2.6.38-11-generic linux kernel. I did a disk check and all was fine (from the recovery tool in grub). After the disk check finished it went to a "booting terminal" that stopped at "checking battery state". And that was that. 2.6.38-10 works fine. I'm on a pc. I don't have a battery. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 275.09.07 Wed Jun 8 15:42:20 PDT 2011 GCC version: gcc version 4.5.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4) Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Fri Aug 19 14:18:55 2011 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: natty DistroVariant: ubuntu GlConf: gl_conf - auto mode link currently points to /usr/lib/mesa/ld.so.conf /usr/lib/mesa/ld.so.conf - priority 500 slave xorg_extra_modules: /usr/lib/xorg/x11-extra-modules Current 'best' version is '/usr/lib/mesa/ld.so.conf'. GraphicsCard: nVidia Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] [10de:0a65] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology Device [1458:34ee] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) JockeyStatus: xorg:nvidia_current - NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (Proprietary, Disabled, Not in use) Lsusb: Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 090c:71b3 Feiya Technology Corp. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. M68MT-S2 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic root=UUID=0c47a693-8a87-4d0d-adbd-e0d173bf7167 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 Renderer: Unknown SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display Title: Xorg freeze UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/15/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc. dmi.bios.version: F1 dmi.board.name: M68MT-S2 dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF1:bd11/15/2010:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnM68MT-S2:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnM68MT-S2:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr: dmi.product.name: M68MT-S2 dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110606-0ubuntu1~natty2 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/829334/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/829334 Title: Xorg doesn't start after the update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/829334/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs