<div dir="ltr">Here is an image of the console when it stops booting.<br><br><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2lIvcIc9OsOgSAK0_VhtrFve0uk252X7hjsY_3ZXvi8?feat=directlink">https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2lIvcIc9OsOgSAK0_VhtrFve0uk252X7hjsY_3ZXvi8?feat=directlink</a><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 8:47 AM, linux guy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:linuxguy123@gmail.com" target="_blank">linuxguy123@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>I know that the nvidia driver is proprietary software.<br><br>Neither
F22 nor F23 will boot on my laptop with kernels from the last 2 week or so
and the latest nvidia drivers. When I attempt these kernel/driver
combinations, it stops on the console screen which then begins flashing
about once per second. My laptop boots normally and runs fine if I use the nouveau
driver.<br><br>Does anyone know the cause or a work around for this situation ?<br><br></div>Background Info<br><br></div>Laptop: Dell XPS17, i7, 16 GB, SSD<br></div>Video Card: NVIDIA GF116M [GeForce GT 555M/635M] rev a1<br></div>Linux experience: been using Fedora since RH8<br></div>OS experience: F21 and previous releases ran perfectly on this machine<br><br></div><div>Current kernel: 4.2.2-300.fc23 x86_64<br></div><div>Current driver: 352.41-1, built by akmod. Log says it built and installed properly.<br><br></div><div>I first observed the issue with a couple kernels in F22. I avoided them and ran with older kernels. When I updated to F23, for other reasons, the kernels that ran became unavailable. Now I have no kernels that will run with the nvidia driver.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I might be jumping the gun saying this is a video driver problem. All I know is the console freezes during boot and the screen flashes. I could try to get an image of the screen content with my SLR if it would help.<br><br></div><div>This is my first post to the testing list. Be gentle !<br><br></div><div>Also: where is the correct place to get nvidia updates from ? Right now I am using rpmfusion=rawhide. But I've seen people stating they are using a newer nvidia driver. Where are they getting it from ?<br><br></div><div>Thanks.<br></div></div>
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