VideoDriverDetection

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Missing kernel module on boot

This section examines a class of bugs where boot either fails or fallsback to a non-nvidia driver due to the nvidia.ko module being missing. There are a number of root causes for why nvidia.ko can end up missing, but they tend to have seemingly identical symptoms.

Bug

Description

Status in Karmic

Status in Lucid

Notes

464125

nvidia.ko fails to build on -rt kernel prior to -0ubuntu9

RESOLVED

RESOLVED

Fixed pre-release by patch in -nvidia 185.18.36-0ubuntu9

475494

nvidia.ko fails to build on -rt kernel with -0ubuntu9

Waiting for make.log

467490

Obsolete lrm-video still present gives "-Q is invalid option"

Low importance

High importance

Occurs when upgrading directly from Hardy to Karmic

434154

nvidia.ko fails to build if "patch" not installed

RESOLVED

RESOLVED

Fixed pre-release by change in -nvidia 185.18.36-0ubuntu8

474300

nvidia.ko fails to build(?)

User having some trouble locating make.log; problem unclear

438398

DKMS build can fail, but package upgrade will still be marked successful

High importance

High importance

Race condition in upgrade handling with DKMS?

474917

nvidia.ko built against 2.6.28, not 2.6.31

High importance

High importance

Simply rerunning dpkg-reconfigure solved it, so probably a DKMS race condition, maybe a dupe of 438398.

454220

nvidia.ko fails to build on -pae kernel

"Kernel headers for 2.6.31-14-generic-pae are not installed."

464113

nvidia.ko fails to build(?)

Waiting for make.log

456240

nvidia.ko fails to build due to failed CC sanity check

Oldish compiler/libc bug? may be already fixed

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