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[Douglas Moyes <aragorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.

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kernel updates ALWAYS breaks video drivers
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/577566
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