The NVIDIA*304*run that I initially ran had worked on the system prior to the problem with the system not booting properly. This program also worked yesterday on the sister system with the same setup. I did try to run startx on init 3, but I got an error about the init not having the support for the graphics. Something like that. On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 9:40 AM, <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Doll, Margaret Ann wrote: > > I reran the NVIDIA... run versions 304 and 319 several times. Rebooted > to > > the 5 init state. > > > You'll need to google, to find on the Nvidia website, what driver works > for what video card. Certainly, I think I've got at least one or two > systems with old video cards that I have to use *only* the one old > proprietary driver installer - newer ones ->will not work<-. > > > I got either that the versions between the kernel and the NVIDIA drivers > > were incompatible, the ABI versions were not in agreement or the last few > > times where a blank screen would appear at the end of the boot. > > Replacing the libwfb.so from an identical computer with the same version > > of the OS, brought the desktop up at boottime. > > Suggestion: easy test, rather that init 5, is startx. That may also give > you more clues as to what's wrong. > > mark > > > > On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 6:03 PM, <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> Margaret, > >> > >> Doll, Margaret Ann wrote: > >> > > >> > I first tried > >> > >> > NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.64.run which was running fine on the computer > >> > without problems. > >> > > >> > I then ran VIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.60.run. This is the version that > >> I > >> am > >> > currently using on the "problem" computer. > >> > > >> > Along the way with many attempts, I received error messages such as > >> > > >> > NVIDIA kernel module ha version 256.44 but the NVIDIA driver componet > >> has > >> > version 304.64 > >> > >> Right - it's telling you that you can't just copy from one server to > >> another, unless they're *absolutely* identical hardware and o/s. > >> > > >> > Another error message with another attempt to get the display working > >> -- > >> > ABI versions are not in agreement. > >> > > >> > The current directory /usr/lib64/xorg/modules contains > >> > > >> <snip>> > >> > >> > I kept the old link for libwfb.so as libwfb.old.so in case I had to > >> > backtrack. > >> > > >> Bad, bad. Don't do that. Running the Nvidia package rebuilds the > >> drivers, > >> all of them, against the current running kernel. > >> > >> Every time you install a new kernel, you need to rebuild (like I just > >> did > >> on my own workstation when I got back to work this morning). > >> > >> mark > >> > >> -- > >> redhat-list mailing list > >> unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > >> > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
