My Hardy system was working fine up to and including the 2.6.24-18 kernel. Yesterday I upgraded to 2.6.24-19, and I got this same problem. I did the install and the reboot, and afterwards X came up in failsafe mode. I switched to a console and poked around and saw that (a) lsmod showed no nvidia kernel module installed, and (b) the Xorg.0.log file showed an error that the nvidia driver could not be loaded.
After some head-scratching I ran "sudo dpkg-reconfigure linux- restricted-modules-2.6.24-19-generic", then I looked and I saw that the nvidia.ko file existed, just as you'd expect. So, I ran "sudo reboot" to reboot the system... and it came up in failsafe mode AGAIN! I switched to a console and checked, and the nvidia.ko module had disappeared! In fact, all three nvidia*.ko files from /lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/volatile were gone; the other .ko files in volatile still existed. In fact I've tried this three times and every single time it behaves the same. Something during the shutdown or startup (not sure which) is causing those .ko files to be deleted. Note that I can kill the failsafe mode, run the dpkg-reconfigure, then run /etc/init.d/gdm start, and everything comes up normally. But when I reboot, those .ko's disappear and I have to do it all over again. Any pointers, tips, etc. are welcome; I'd be happy to debug what is going on. -- have to reinstall nvidia drivers on every reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/218785 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
