Bug#516987: nvidia driver problems during upgrade from etch to lenny
Package: release-notes
Severity: normal
I performed the upgrade from etch to lenny of course on the console and not in
a xterm. Nevertheless, the screen got blank during the upgrade after the
restart of kdm. I attribute that to the old version of the nvidia graphics
driver, I used which etch. No console was usable. I just waited until the hdd
led did no longer indicate any activity and restarted via magic system
request and continued the upgrade after the reboot. Therefore, I suggest that
a section is added that recommends to remove any proprietary graphics module
from the kernel before initiating the update.
Thanks a lot, lenny is great!
Robin
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored:
LC_ALL set to de_DE.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
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Robin Haunschild
<H@unschild.de>
http://www.tuxschild.de
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