Public bug reported:
Thinkpad T61p (lspci output attached) widescreen using Nvidia
proprietary drivers installed by Envy NG.
I installed the updates yesterday (which I think included a kernel
update) and when I rebooted for the first time, this morning, X
struggled to start (kept trying then dropping back to the text login)
until (about 4 attempts), it got X to start in a really low resolution
(maybe 800x600). I ran Envy NG and reinstalled the Nvidia drivers, which
fixed the problem.
I'm not certain what happened but it seems like the kernel update wasn't
compatible with the Nvidia module (as I think Envy said that it was
rebuilding a module when it was reapply the graphics drivers).
Is there any way to prevent this happening in future - or at least to
provide a pop-up message during the updates to warn the user to
reinstall the graphics drivers?
The same thing happened to a colleague the day before (I assume it was
the same updates he installed).
Kernel now at 2.6.24-21-generic
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Hardy kernel update trashed Nvidia graphics on T61p widescreen Thinkpad
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/286889
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