I had exactly the same issue: This for me was easy to resolve I simply had to run
sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx whilst logged into the new kernel: However I cannot boot from any of the previous kernels as they bomb out on Xserver-Xorg errors. -- X server fails after upgrade Dapper > Edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/58326 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs