On 10/29/14 07:03, Ned Slider wrote: > 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. > Hey Ned, The new driver package appeared on my update list this evening. I installed it and rebooted into the new kernel. All is well. -- _ °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ Mark LaPierre Registered Linux user No #267004 https://linuxcounter.net/ **** _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos