How to make proproetary ATI video driver permanent

[jim_deadlock]

My dad is running Ubuntu 12.04-64 and has an AMD/ATI graphics card which requires a proprietary driver otherwise it fails to load the desktop environment. This in itself is fine, however, it breaks every time there's a kernel upgrade and it's tedious having to reinstall the driver all the time. Is there any way to make the driver permanent through kernel upgrades?

[jim_deadlock]

Anyone?

[qamelian]

This will happen if you install the drivers from the AMD website. If you install the proprietary FGLRX drivers through Software Center / Synaptic / Additional Drivers, the necessary kernel modules will be rebuilt automatically whenever there is a kernel update. This doesn't happen if you are using the version downloaded from the AMD site.

[jim_deadlock]

Unfortunately I could never manage to get the fglrx driver working despite much effort. At least now I know the answer to my question so thanks.