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Binary package hint: nvidia-common

If you use the proprietary nvidia drivers and you have manually
installed the PAE kernel (for example to make use of >4GB of RAM),
upgrading the nvidia drivers will cause the boot to hang.

The problem is that the nvidia-current package depends on:

  linux-headers-generic | linux-headers

This means that an upgrade of the nvidia drivers will upgrade the linux-
headers package. However, once the new nvidia drivers are installed,
they build a module *based on the current running kernel*. If this
current running kernel is the PAE variant, the nvidia package will not
be able to find the headers for kernel "linux-generic-image-pae",
resulting in a boot hang (no graphics).

A quick fix is to ensure you have both sets of headers installed:

  sudo apt-get install linux-generic-headers linux-generic-headers-pae

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: nvidia-common 0.2.30
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Apr 28 10:07:17 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nvidia-common
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-23 (4 days ago)

** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 natty running-unity
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Upgrading nvidia drivers causes boot hang with pae kernel
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/772226
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