On Sun, 25 Aug 2013 17:09:39 -0700 Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 08/25/2013 04:48 PM, Roger wrote: > > Took the plunge and following the above installed kmod-nvidia now > > Fedora boot hangs at Started Accounts Service > > I also note that it fails to start ISDN service? > > Pretty much dead and can't access anything. How long did you wait to establish that it hanged? The following scenario can happen --- you install kmod-nvidia while running under an older kernel; the kmod installs correctly, but builds the initrd for the currently-running (ie. old) kernel. Then you reboot into the latest, *new* kernel --- for that kernel initrd has not been built by the kmod, and therefore the build kicks in automatically during the boot process. As the building of initrd takes a while, it appears to you that the system hung during boot. This thing happened to me on one occasion --- I was very pissed off that the kmod broke the machine, and kept restarting it in the hope to get it back somehow. Needless to say, all those attempts failed, until it dawned on me... The solution is to boot the machine, and just wait it out. :-) Give it 10-15 minutes, the initrd is a large file. ;-) You will need to wait for it only on this first boot --- once it is updated, subsequent boots should be as fast as they used to be. Of course, I might be wrong, but give it a shot before you start digging in runlevel 1... ;-) > Second, just installing kmod-nvidia isn't quite enough; you also need > to install xorg-drv-nvidia.lib. This shouldn't be necessary, kmod-nvidia should have pulled in all dependencies needed. I never needed to install anything extra. Not since F14 at least (I don't remember further back, wasn't using nVidia regularly back in the days...). > Note that it also gives instructions for installing akmod-nvidia, > which will rebuild the kmod whenever there's a kernel update. > Personally, I have both installed. That way, if the new kernel and > kmod are both ready together, it gets done that way; if there's a > delay on the kmod, akmod-nvidia will pick up the slack and build you > one when you reboot into the new kernel. This is good advice if you are fanatically waiting for the new kernel to appear and install it within the first 5 minutes after hitting the repositories... In that case it is unlikely that the corresponding kmod-nvidia will be available, and akmod can kick in to save the day. But if you are updating Fedora once a week or so, chances that you get into that "gray area" where kernel is available while kmod still isn't, are very small. It hasn't happened to me in years. But if you want to be on the safe side, feel free to install also the akmod-nvidia. HTH, :-) Marko -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
