Jaunty beta - lost my nvidia drivers *** SOLVED ***

[sdavmor]

sdavmor wrote:
> I'm back to using the open drivers right now because the latest 
> update crashed the nvidia video on reboot.  Downgrading the 
> proprietary drivers from 180 to 173 doesn't help. I see that this 
> xorg issue has been reported with ATI.  Has anyone else experienced
>  this vith nvidia?

It was embarrassingly simple and glaringly obvious once it dawned on
me [light bulb time] what the real problem was. I was still booting
the 2.6.27-11-generic kernel instead of 2.6.28-11-generic. As soon
as I added the .28. kernel to grub letting it be the default choice
everything fell into place with my video. The nvidia 180 revision
driver now shows as activated and the system boots properly. The
nvidia X Server settings program presents me with all the options I
expected to see, and I can set the display to 1920x1200.
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