Re: nvidia failure with new kernel

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The kernel modules are only for that kernel, so anytime you update it
you also have to reinstall the nvidia drivers.

Jason Brown

On 01/17/2011 01:39 PM, Michael D. Berger wrote:
> I installed TrueCrypt and when I ran it, it informed me that I needed
> a new kernel.  So I ran "yum update".  I boot to level 3, and when
> I ran startx, I got:
> 
> --
> 
> ...
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
> FATAL: Module nvidia not found.
> (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your
> (EE) NVIDIA:     system's kernel log for additional error messages.
> (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0)
> (EE) No drivers available.
> 
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
> XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
>       after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
> 
> --
> 
> If I boot with the old kernel, I can successfully run startx.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> Mike.
> 
> 
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