[SOLVED] major graphics issue after kernel update

[gmxgeek]

I have recently upgraded my kernel to x.x.x.21
As soon as i rebooted, it went into low graphics mode.

I thought it would be no problem, but my graphics card (nvidia 8600GT) does not show up at all under hardware drivers, and EnvyNG doesn't fix it either.
I am currently only able to run on 800x600 res.

I have tried booting back into x.x.x.19, but to no avail. Any ideas?

[Pumalite]

How did you install your video driver in your previous kernel?

[gmxgeek]

I used EnvyNG. Also, my sound is broken, but i prefer gfx over sound in terms of urgency

[Pumalite]

Have you tried envyng again? You can also go into Recovery Mode and use the command 'xfix'

[gmxgeek]

Have tried envyng again, but it doesn't really work. I get more resolution options, but none above 640x480. Will try xfix

[gmxgeek]

Okay, so now graphics are up and running again. Thank you very much. Any idea on what to do about sound?

EDIT:
The volume control did not find any elements and/or devices to control. This means either that you don't have the right GStreamer plugins installed, or that you don't have a sound card configured.

[Pumalite]

Post:
lshw -C sound

[gmxgeek]

fieldsm@GATZ:~$ sudo lshw -C sound
*-multimedia UNCLAIMED
description: Audio device
product: MCP51 High Definition Audio
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 10.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:10.1
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0 maxlatency=5 mingnt=2

[Pumalite]

Bad news. Your new kernel is not recognizing your card and not loading the module. Try opening all your repos except src and do a:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reboot
Then post again:
lshw -C sound

[gmxgeek]

all my repos are open, except for backports..

[Pumalite]

Backports are essential.

[gmxgeek]

ok. I will open them up then

[gmxgeek]

*-multimedia UNCLAIMED
description: Audio device
product: MCP51 High Definition Audio
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 10.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:10.1
version: a2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0 maxlatency=5 mingnt=2


Rebooted, and am now in low graphics mode again :(
Will run xfix once more

[gmxgeek]

Ok, i have good res now, but still no sound, and also, i get a GLIB error on shutdown about a bad key or something.