kernel 217.2.8 won't boot.

[Linuxguy123]

Kernel 2.6.29.6-217.2.3.fc11.i586 works fine on my laptop, but 217.2.8
won't boot at all.  It seems to run through everything just fine and
then the video starts blinking like crazy in text mode, like it can't
start the nvidia driver.   After that I get a black screen with a
blinking cursor. 

Kernel 217.2.3 is working OK for me.  I can live without 217.2.8, except
that I am worried that the next kernel update will delete it and I might
be left with zero working kernels. 

Any idea on what I could do to get 217.2.8 running ?

Thanks


$ uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.29.6-217.2.3.fc11.i586 #1 SMP Wed Jul 29
15:46:46 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

$ yum list kernel
Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, downloadonly, kmdl, priorities,
refresh-packagekit
1 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
Installed Packages
kernel.i586 2.6.29.6-213.fc11 @updates
kernel.i586 2.6.29.6-217.2.3.fc11 @updates
kernel.i586 2.6.29.6-217.2.8.fc11 @updates

$ yum list \*nvidia*
                                                                                                
Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, downloadonly, kmdl, priorities,
refresh-packagekit                                                    
1 packages excluded due to repository priority
protections                                                                              
Installed Packages 

kmod-nvidia.i586  185.18.31-1.fc11 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
kmod-nvidia-2.6.29.6-213.fc11.i586.i586  185.18.29-1.fc11
@rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
kmod-nvidia-2.6.29.6-217.2.3.fc11.i586.i586  185.18.31-1.fc11
@rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
kmod-nvidia-2.6.29.6-217.2.8.fc11.i586.i586 185.18.14-1.fc11.6
@rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.i586  185.18.31-1.fc11 @rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i586 185.18.31-1.fc11
@rpmfusion-nonfree-updates