On 10/28/2014 09:06 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote: > On 10/28/14 21:13, Mark LaPierre wrote: >> Hey Y'all, >> >> After upgrade to 6.6 my gui will not start. The problem is probably >> related to the dusty old video card I've got in this crusty old machine. >> >> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G73 [GeForce 7600 >> GS] (rev a2) >> >> I've got the proprietary drivers installed. Normally when I update my >> kernel the video module is rebuilt automagically. That probably doesn't >> work with the new kernel. >> >> I can get the GUI running by booting into the previous kernel version. >> >> Does anyone know what repository and package name I need to update the >> driver for 6.6? >> > > Okay, I erased kmod-nvidia-304xx and nvidia-x11-drv-304xx > > I booted into the new kernel and reinstalled kmod-nvidia-304xx and > nvidia-x11-drv-304xx. > > After a reboot still no joy. > > The Xorg.0.log says: > > [ 57.575] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. > Please check your > [ 57.575] (EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error > messages. > > Where do I find said kernel log? > > Do you also have kernel-devel for the new kernel installed? I don't know how that package works (it is not in one of the CentOS repo's) but it might need to be updated by the provider to work with the new kernel as well. Akemi, is that an elrepo package .. and does it work with 6.6?
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