Kernel 2.6.20-16-386 & nvidia driver

[Dikke_lu]

I have installed my nvidia driver with this command

sudo aptitude install nvidia-glx nvidia-kernel-common

Now I ran my Adept Manager to install all my upgrades.

I rebooted to boot in the new kernel and I couldn't start X.

In my Xorg.0.log is this error
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!

So now i know that my nvidia kernel module doesn't work and i have to recompile it.

When i try to install it again with aptitude it says that it is allready installed.
When i try to remove it, it also wants to remove my kernel 2.6.20-15. This is also something that I don't want to do because in that kernel everything works fine.

Could anyone tell me how I can reinstall my nvidia driver on this new kernel?

Greetz

[jankushka]

Re: Kernel 2.6.20-16-386 & nvidia driver

i assume you have the "restricted" section enabled in your repositories.
then, have a go with:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-new

since it conflicts with nvidia-glx, you should be able to get this newer driver and have the old one removed automatically

hth

[Dikke_lu]

Re: Kernel 2.6.20-16-386 & nvidia driver

that didn't work. When i boot the new kernel i still get the nvidia error in my Xorg.0.log file.

Anybody?

[jankushka]

Re: Kernel 2.6.20-16-386 & nvidia driver

could you pls post the result of the following 2 commands (from a terminal emulation):

lspci
dpkg-query -l '*nvidia*'

cheers

[Dikke_lu]

Re: Kernel 2.6.20-16-386 & nvidia driver

in the new kernel or in the old kernel?

[jankushka]

Re: Kernel 2.6.20-16-386 & nvidia driver

oops, sorry...sorry.
i see...so you're running -16...
i haven't upgraded yet.
i think i read some other threads reporting issues with the new kernel...
here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=456702
you must have bumped into one of those.
sorry i had you waste time...
i think your best bet is:
a) have a go with the open source "nv" driver
b) go through the above thread (someone had a solution)
c) stay with the older kernel
sorry again.
cheers

[Dikke_lu]

Re: Kernel 2.6.20-16-386 & nvidia driver

The upgrade doesn't work on my pc at work. On my home pc I also have nvidia drivers and the upgrade workt perfectly.

Can anybody explain that then?

[Dikke_lu]

Re: Kernel 2.6.20-16-386 & nvidia driver

I just won't boot in kernel 2.6.20-16.

He wont install the right restricted-kernel-module with my nvidia driver.

If i am in kernel 2.6.20.16 then he still takes the restricted-kernel-module-2.6.20-15

I can't fix this so I'm gonna stay with 2.6.20-15.

If anyone has a solution pls post it here?