I install Ubuntu 6.10 fine and then installed the latest nVidia drivers which worked great. I was getting great clarity but then one week later I had to reboot the machine and then it started back up in CLI mode only. I checked /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and everything looked fine. The driver was still set to "nvidia" but when I tried to stop and restart KDM, I would get nothing.

I changed the driver to the generic "nv" and restarted KDM and it worked again. I had X-Windows working.

I then tried this on my work PC and I had the same exact problem and I really don't know how to get the Nvidia drivers working again. Any thoughts or suggestions?

Were there any security updates during that time, especially to xorg or to the kernel?

How did you build the modules (using the nvidia script or module-assistant)? I've found in the past that module-assistant is a great automated tool for building and installing modules on debian (and I presume Ubuntu).

I assume so. I have apt-get update and apt-get upgrade a few times since I last rebooted and would think that may have changed something. Should I just reinstall the driver? I downloaded the driver straight from nVidia.com and ran the shell scrip they provided which runs "their" script.

I would rebuild the module, as anytime xorg or the kernel get an update, I have had to rebuild my modules.

Module assistant is quick and easy to use and will build the module for all your installed kernels I believe.

m-a is a symlink to module-assistant so you don't have to type the long words. the update line works like aptitude update and searches for available module source code in the repositories. the third line will a-i (autobuild and install) the module you specify. You can also just run sudo m-a and you get an ncurses frontend to module-assistant. http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-39879.html

Or you can keep using the nvidia installer, which I think you have to if you want to use the new beta drivers from nvidia instead of the "stable" drivers.