3.3.6-3 kernel update and nvidia

[dwarthog]

Not playing well with each other....



May 22 07:13:26 fedora15-partition yum[20831]: Updated: 1:xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-295.49-2.fc16.x86_64
May 22 07:13:26 fedora15-partition yum[20831]: Updated: 1:akmod-nvidia-295.49-1.fc16.3.x86_64
May 22 07:13:28 fedora15-partition yum[20831]: Updated: 1:xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-295.49-2.fc16.x86_64
May 22 07:13:29 fedora15-partition yum[20831]: Updated: usb_modeswitch-data-20120120-1.fc16.noarch
May 22 07:13:30 fedora15-partition yum[20831]: Updated: usb_modeswitch-1.2.3-1.fc16.x86_64
May 22 07:13:35 fedora15-partition yum[20831]: Updated: 1:xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-295.49-2.fc16.i686
May 22 07:13:36 fedora15-partition yum[20831]: Updated: kernel-tools-3.3.6-3.fc16.x86_64
May 22 07:13:50 fedora15-partition yum[20831]: Installed: kernel-devel-3.3.6-3.fc16.x86_64
May 22 07:13:52 fedora15-partition yum[20831]: Updated: kernel-headers-3.3.6-3.fc16.x86_64
May 22 07:13:59 fedora15-partition yum[20831]: Installed: kernel-3.3.6-3.fc16.x86_64
May 22 07:13:59 fedora15-partition yum[20831]: Erased: 1:kmod-nvidia-3.3.4-1.fc16.x86_64-295.49-1.fc16.x86_64


[ 56.797] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 56.797] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 56.797] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 56.797] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 56.797] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 56.800] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your
[ 56.800] (EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error messages.
[ 56.800] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[ 56.800] (II) Unloading nvidia
[ 56.800] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0)
[ 56.800] (EE) No drivers available.
[ 56.800]
Fatal server error:
[ 56.800] no screens found

[nonamedotc]

What is your graphics card? Mine is NVS 4200M and I am not seeing any problems.

root ~# uname -r
3.3.6-3.fc17.x86_64


root ~# lspci | grep -i vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 1057 (rev a1)

[dwarthog]

I had to boot using the previous kernel.


root@fedora15-partition dwarthog]# uname -r
3.3.5-2.fc16.x86_64

[root@fedora15-partition dwarthog]# lspci | grep -i vga
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT200 [GeForce GTX 260] (rev a1)

BTW, please ignore the partition name as this is an FC16 partition, not FC15. (The best laid plans.....)

[nonamedotc]

Hmmm! Let me take a shot at it! See if you have the relevant kernel module for the graphics driver/card.

find / -iname nvidia.ko

If I understand everything right, there should be one module for each kernel installed! Like this -

find / -iname nvidia.ko
/usr/lib/modules/3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64/extra/nvidia/nvidia.ko
/usr/lib/modules/3.3.6-3.fc17.x86_64/extra/nvidia/nvidia.ko

I believe, if you use akmod (which you do), the kernel modules should be built automatically with each kernel update.

[dwarthog]

Here you go.

/lib/modules/3.3.5-2.fc16.x86_64/extra/nvidia/nvidia.ko
/lib/modules/3.3.4-3.fc16.x86_64/extra/nvidia/nvidia.ko
/lib/modules/3.3.6-3.fc16.x86_64/extra/nvidia/nvidia.ko

[nonamedotc]

Did you already look at this thread? Would this be of some help?

[dwarthog]

I remember that one.

It had to do with the move from 3.2.x to 3.3.x if I recall correctly.

Ostensibly a "point" update, 3.3.4/5/6 etc. should not encounter that particular build issue.

[EMGoodyear]

I have the same issue with my 9600GT. I am still a noob at this point but saw the same thread which got me to the point where I can boot after removing all the nvidia drivers, but that is about it for now. I have yet to try the nouveau driver because from what I can tell, the problem should be fixed. Correct?