Yelläks /ˈyæl•eks/

Today the next kernel version (2.6.28) has been declared stable. Configuration (make menuconfig) and compilation (make-kpkg kernel-image modules --append-to-version -5) went through smoothly. However I was not able to compile the nvidia kernel module by following this guide step by step. On Trausch’s Little Home a solution was published, which allows to compile the kernel module. Unfortunately this did not work either: When the new kernel was booted and the x-server came up, the screen was still black and blank. In the background I could do anything I wanted (e.g. rebooting and clicking etc), if I knew, where the buttons were.

Even switching the terminal did not show anything on the console. In a thread of the nvidia forum, a patch was released for 177.80 and later on also for 177.82. After application and recompilation of the nvidia kernel module, it worked without any trouble.