[LIVE] Upgrade to 2.3.31-17 borks XBMC

x5nder · 2010-01-10 17:24

I have just ran a sudo aptitude update & upgrade and it has upgraded Ubuntu Karmic from 2.3.31-16 to 2.3.31-17. However, using this new kernel, XBMC won't start anymore. For some reason it has trouble with the nVidia driver, but I am already using the latest one (190.53 I think). Has anyone gotten 2.3.31-17 kernel working with XBMCLive on the ION-platform?

AddictedToMetal · 2010-01-10 17:41

x5nder Wrote:I have just ran a sudo aptitude update & upgrade and it has upgraded Ubuntu Karmic from 2.3.31-16 to 2.3.31-17. However, using this new kernel, XBMC won't start anymore. For some reason it has trouble with the nVidia driver, but I am already using the latest one (190.53 I think). Has anyone gotten 2.3.31-17 kernel working with XBMCLive on the ION-platform?

If you can boot into the *-16 kernel but not *-17 it's most likely the GFX driver wasn't built for the new kernel.

It shoulda been installed but make sure it grabbed the new headers: sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.31-17-generic

This should show you what is built: dkms status

This should rebuild the drivers for the kernel: dpkg-reconfigure nvidia-185-kernel-source

EDIT:
I noticed you're not using the repo drivers. In which case, follow the directions you used to build the kernel driver in the 1st place.

x5nder · 2010-01-11 11:55

Thanks for putting me on the right track. In my case I had to force a reïnstall of the graphics drivers:

Code:

sudo nvidia-installer -f

x5nder Member Posts: 81 Joined: Jul 2008 Reputation: 0 Location: Amsterdam, NL	2010-01-11 11:55 Post: #3 Thanks for putting me on the right track. In my case I had to force a reïnstall of the graphics drivers: Code: `sudo nvidia-installer -f` XBMC Frodo running on Mac Mini (2010) with FLIRC receiver. Cabling: HDMI & optical audio out.
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