Unfortunately that system has already been shipped. It'll be some time before I get around to doing a clean install on any of my existing systems.
Regardless, the system had a clean install at first, and when the update utility was allowed to upgrade the system (including the linux kernel header files), the video stopped working. Also, when the system had a clean install, the nvidia package claimed the driver was being built, but it still didn't update the current kernel. The supported drivers do not work well with nVidia cards, and offer a very limited (800x600) resolution which is unacceptable. So there you go. The problem is most likely in the package's build process. I'm sure any log files would tell you something similar. nVidia was the first of the major 3d accelerated video card manufacturers to support linux with stable drivers, ATI came later. Even still, nVidia will remain a favorite among many Linux users, and not supporting the drivers is foolish. While old time linux users won't have much of a problem working around that, newer Linux users will be completely lost and will be scratching their heads wondering why their video stopped working (which is also what happened with my client when the update utility decided it was time to update the kernel again). If anything, a simple fix would be to disable auto-updates of the kernel by default. If a system works, there is generally no reason to update the kernel. Dist-upgrade to 10.4 from 9.10 on my notebook resulted in breaking my wifi card. reverting back to the older kernel fixed everything. Just an example (it's a RaLink card). But that's for another bug. -- kernel updates ALWAYS breaks video drivers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/577566 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
