Bug#856355: nvidia-driver: no longer works

[Vincent Lefevre]

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On 2017-02-28 13:15:43 +0000, Luca Boccassi wrote:
> Please try to reinstall the latest version of the driver and report
> back, and they should work.

I've installed the latest version and rebooted, and everything is OK.

So, the problem was due to the fact that the module wasn't
automatically rebuilt after the kernel upgrade as usual.

> Next time, use dkms to remove the module and rebuild it:
> 
> sudo dkms remove nvidia-current/3xx.xx -k x.y.z
> sudo dkms install nvidia-currentx/3xx.xx -k x.y.z

OK, thanks for the information.

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