2012/3/28 Steve G. <[email protected]> > I upgraded to the latest kernel (on Ubuntu, 3.0.0.17), and ran into > problems. The computer never got into graphic mode, and the screen got > stuck on part of the initialization process. > > The computer was running, and was reachable from another machine by ssh, > but I could not run it from the keyboard and screen attached to it. > > To resolve it, I edited /etc/default/grub and > changed #GRUB_TIMEOUT=10 to GRUB_TIMEOUT=-1, which allows me to select an > older kernel. I suspect the problem is with the Nvidia driver for my > graphic card, but I am not sure. >
Wild guess: download nvidia's driver from their website and compile it for the new kernel? It's pretty easy once you've read their docs. I do not know if Ubuntu package the driver or how well they track dependencies. Note that nvidia drivers are not GPL-licensed, so the distro itself may not provide it easily. This does not mean that it is not available as a package - hopefully some Ubuntu user here points you to the right place and saves you a compilation. If not - Google. I reiterate: the above is a wild guess. One other idea - switch inittab to runlevel 3 (without graphics) and try booting the old kernel - if it boots fine then the problem *is*, most likely, your video driver. -- Oleg Goldshmidt | [email protected] <[email protected]>
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