The kernel headers are required to re-compile the kernel module but but in the upgrade, only the source packages are upgraded. you still need to go through the process of building the module.
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Joseph Hume <[email protected]> wrote: > On my daughters Kubuntu 10.10 laptop if there is a kernel update I just > need to install the matching kernel headers to allow the nvidia video > driver to properly install before I reboot. > > > On 2/7/2011 9:35 AM, Rick Johnson wrote: > > did you try 'startx'? And btw, upgrades or dist-upgrades should be done > without kde running (or gnome etc.). '/etc/init.d/kdm stop', log in as root > and then 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade'. Otherwise you are going > to upgrade packages that are running at the time and you can often break > things this way. Also, if you are using a ATI or nvidia card with > proprietary drivers, you will need to re-install the driver if X or the > kernel is upgraded. > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Richard Carter <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Folks, >> >> I have been running debian 6.0 testing on a desktop with an amd64 >> processor. Before shutting down last night I used synaptic to check for and >> install upgrades: many were installed. >> >> This morning kde won't start. When I boot the system goes into what I >> interpret as "terminal mode". When I type in "startkde" as user I get >> "DISPLAY is not set or cannot to the X server". When I type "startkde" as >> su I get: >> ------ Kaboom Settings Dump------ >> kdehome - "/root/.kde" - exists? YES >> kde4 - "/root/kde4" - exists? NO >> kdebackup - "/root/kde3-backup" exists? NO >> kdestamp = "/root/.local/kaboom" exists? NO >> kaboom log - "/root/.kaboom.log" >> --------------------------------------------------- >> kaboom cannot connect to X server >> >> I tried using apt-get to install kde but was told the newest version was >> all ready installed. >> >> Fortunately I already have a recent backup. I have downloaded debian >> 6.0.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso and I'm considering re-installing. Does anyone >> have a better idea? >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying >> > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing > [email protected]http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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