On 29/10/14 03:09, Akemi Yagi wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Johnny Hughes <johnny@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 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?
>
> Someone called my name ... :)
>
> Mark, first make sure you need the -304xx driver by running nvidia-detect:
>
> http://elrepo.org/tiki/nvidia-detect
>
> Once confirmed, you need to install the latest version of
> kmod-nvidia-304xx from the elrepo-testing repository on your 6.6 OS.
> Please see:
>
> http://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=517
>
> They will eventually be moved to the elrepo main repository.
>
> Akemi
Akemi is correct. Users of kmod-nvidia-304xx will need to update to the
latest release (currently kmod-nvidia-304xx-304.123-3.el6.elrepo) at the
same time as updating to 6.6.
Please note, due to changes in the 6.6 kernel ABI, the original release
(304.123-1) is compatible with 6.5 but NOT 6.6, and latest release
(304.123-3) is compatible with 6.6 but NOT backwards compatible with
6.5. This means you MUST update kmod-nvidia-304xx at the same time as
performing the 6.5 to 6.6 update / reboot if you want X to continue
working seamlessly.
The newer kmod-nvidia-304xx release(s) are in the elrepo-testing
repository, and are now also syncing to the main elrepo repository.
The current 340.xx driver is unaffected. The older 173.xx driver may
also be similarly affected but I have not tested it and have yet to
receive a bug report on it. If it is similarly broken I will fix it as
and when someone reports it and is able to test the fix.
Thanks.
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