nvidia-304xx broken with new kernel

[Javier Perez]

In case anyone need to see the bug info.
https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3946

*Bug 3946* <https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3946> - Unknown
symbols mtrr_del & mtrr_add with kernel 4.3.3-300.fc23.i686


On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Javier Perez <pepebuho at gmail.com> wrote:

> I  can confirm the nvidia-304xx is broken, there is some problem with the
> mttr. I have seen some solutions on some other forums, nothiing on the
> Fedora side of business. I did exactly what Greshko said and it still did
> not work on two of my machines. In the end I had to downgrade the kernel to
> 4.2.x and block the systems from further kernel/nvidia changes until second
> notice.
>
> I agree with Robin, this is an issue best dealt with the rpmfusion
> packager, but it is good to discuss a little here because this list is the
> first go-to, trusty,  place for Fedora users to check on problems.
>
> BTW, bugzilla.rpmfusion.org has an invalid certificate (in case any of
> them are listening to this), it might scare picky users.
>
> JP
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 6:30 PM, Ed Greshko <ed.greshko at greshko.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 01/30/16 04:50, David A. De Graaf wrote:
>> > The latest two kernels and the nvidia-304xx module are incompatible.
>> > That is, the nvidia.ko module built by akmod-nvidia-304xx won't load.
>> > That means that my three machines with older nvidia video cards (one
>> > built into the mobo) are stuck running the old
>>
>> I recently had a problem with the nvidia-340xx.  I would only get a blank
>> screen with no X
>> being started.  I did not check the logs I just did what has worked for
>> me in the past.
>>
>> 1.  dnf erase *nvidia*
>> 2.  reboot   (You could either boot to gui using nouveau or multi-user
>> mode)
>> 3.  dnf install akmod-nvidia-340xx   (In your case akmod-nvidia-304xx
>> 4.  reboot
>>
>> There is nothing to lose by trying this.
>>
>> >
>> >>  kernel-4.2.8-300.fc23.x86_64
>> >    kernel-4.3.3-300.fc23.x86_64
>> >    kernel-4.3.3-301.fc23.x86_64
>> >
>> > In the past, incompatibilities were resolved in about a week.
>> > This time, it's nearly a month.  No new package of akmod-nvidia-304xx
>> > or kmod-nvidia-304xx has shown up at the
>> > rpmfusion-nonfree-updates[-testing] repo.
>> > The akmod-nvidia-340xx module on another machine that needs it runs
>> fine.
>> > Does anyone have a clue when this older version of the nvidia module
>> > might be fixed?
>> >
>> > Here are the error messages with the newer kernel:
>> >
>> > Console error message when trying to run 'startxfce':
>> >
>> > (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
>> > modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia': Unknown symbol in module,
>> > or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
>> >
>> >
>> > From dmesg:
>> >
>> >    ...
>> > [   12.563315] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
>> > [   12.563325] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
>> > [   12.573867] nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_del (err 0)
>> > [   12.573977] nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_add (err 0)
>> >    ...
>> > [   31.162308] nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_del (err 0)
>> > [   31.162397] nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_add (err 0)
>> >    ...
>> > [   81.656643] nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_del (err 0)
>> > [   81.656736] nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_add (err 0)
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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>> stay away from
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>
>
>
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