[Novalug] Ubuntu problems (2)

[Kevin Dwyer]

On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 03:22:01PM -0400, Bonnie Dalzell wrote:
> 
> This may be a completely unknowledgeable impression but: i already have
> the nvidia drivers on my system. i already agreed to their terms. why
> con't the upgrade process copy them somewhere on the system and then at
> the end of the upgrade re-reference them rather than completely messing
> up the reference to them so that I have to go and redo it by hand?

Kernel modules are very sensitive to a specific kenrel version.  If
ubuntu provides a new kernel, you will probably need new drivers.

If you install the nvidia-glx ubuntu package, the drivers will be
updated for you.  If you install the drivers on your own, apt doesn't
know about upgrading them.

-kpd