How to have a graphic boot with rpmfusion nvidia driver and now grub2 ? Thanks Eric
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 07:09:18PM +0100, TANGUY Eric wrote:
How to have a graphic boot with rpmfusion nvidia driver and now grub2 ?
The graphical boot uses the video drivers in the initrd, not the one on the physical file system. You would need to create a new initrd for each kernel upgrade that uses the nVidia drivers.
On 02/24/2012 12:24 PM, Darryl L. Pierce wrote:
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 07:09:18PM +0100, TANGUY Eric wrote:
How to have a graphic boot with rpmfusion nvidia driver and now grub2 ?
The graphical boot uses the video drivers in the initrd, not the one on the physical file system. You would need to create a new initrd for each kernel upgrade that uses the nVidia drivers.
Just out of curiosity, what *are* the video drivers in the initrd image file? They *always* seem to work and they seem to display correctly. Is there any reason *not* to use those same drivers as your X video drivers?
Thanks.
Kevin
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 03:04:18PM -0600, Kevin Martin wrote:
Just out of curiosity, what *are* the video drivers in the initrd image file? They *always* seem to work and they seem to display correctly. Is there any reason *not* to use those same drivers as your X video drivers?
The problem for the OP is that he's using a driver that's not compiled with the kernel but is instead from a separate source. The ones used during startup are those that are built along with the kernel.
On 02/24/2012 03:14 PM, Darryl L. Pierce wrote:
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 03:04:18PM -0600, Kevin Martin wrote:
Just out of curiosity, what *are* the video drivers in the initrd image file? They *always* seem to work and they seem to display correctly. Is there any reason *not* to use those same drivers as your X video drivers?
The problem for the OP is that he's using a driver that's not compiled with the kernel but is instead from a separate source. The ones used during startup are those that are built along with the kernel.
Ah, I see. Thanks
Kevin
Le 24/02/2012 19:24, Darryl L. Pierce a écrit :
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 07:09:18PM +0100, TANGUY Eric wrote:
How to have a graphic boot with rpmfusion nvidia driver and now grub2 ?
The graphical boot uses the video drivers in the initrd, not the one on the physical file system. You would need to create a new initrd for each kernel upgrade that uses the nVidia drivers.
Ok thank you but if i remember well with grub you had to do this once and when there was a kernel update all was ok. Is there any difference now with grub2 ? What is the command line to make a new initrd using the nvidia drivers ? Thanks Eric
On 02/25/2012 01:49 AM, TANGUY Eric wrote:
Le 24/02/2012 19:24, Darryl L. Pierce a écrit :
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 07:09:18PM +0100, TANGUY Eric wrote:
How to have a graphic boot with rpmfusion nvidia driver and now grub2 ?
The graphical boot uses the video drivers in the initrd, not the one on the physical file system. You would need to create a new initrd for each kernel upgrade that uses the nVidia drivers.
Ok thank you but if i remember well with grub you had to do this once and when there was a kernel update all was ok. Is there any difference now with grub2 ? What is the command line to make a new initrd using the nvidia drivers ? Thanks Eric
If you are using nVidia you should install akmod-nvidia from rpmfusion repo. Then every time you update the kernel the nvidia driver will be rebuilt and you'll get your graphic boot again (unless you are running debug kernels, but that's another story).
Kevin
Le 25/02/2012 14:15, Kevin Martin a écrit :
On 02/25/2012 01:49 AM, TANGUY Eric wrote:
Le 24/02/2012 19:24, Darryl L. Pierce a écrit :
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 07:09:18PM +0100, TANGUY Eric wrote:
How to have a graphic boot with rpmfusion nvidia driver and now grub2 ?
The graphical boot uses the video drivers in the initrd, not the one on the physical file system. You would need to create a new initrd for each kernel upgrade that uses the nVidia drivers.
Ok thank you but if i remember well with grub you had to do this once and when there was a kernel update all was ok. Is there any difference now with grub2 ? What is the command line to make a new initrd using the nvidia drivers ? Thanks Eric
If you are using nVidia you should install akmod-nvidia from rpmfusion repo. Then every time you update the kernel the nvidia driver will be rebuilt and you'll get your graphic boot again (unless you are running debug kernels, but that's another story).
Kevin
I'm not sure to understand what's the relation between akmod and initrd driver ? Eric
On 02/26/2012 11:42 PM, TANGUY Eric wrote:
Le 25/02/2012 14:15, Kevin Martin a écrit :
On 02/25/2012 01:49 AM, TANGUY Eric wrote:
Le 24/02/2012 19:24, Darryl L. Pierce a écrit :
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 07:09:18PM +0100, TANGUY Eric wrote:
How to have a graphic boot with rpmfusion nvidia driver and now grub2 ?
The graphical boot uses the video drivers in the initrd, not the one on the physical file system. You would need to create a new initrd for each kernel upgrade that uses the nVidia drivers.
Ok thank you but if i remember well with grub you had to do this once and when there was a kernel update all was ok. Is there any difference now with grub2 ? What is the command line to make a new initrd using the nvidia drivers ? Thanks Eric
If you are using nVidia you should install akmod-nvidia from rpmfusion repo. Then every time you update the kernel the nvidia driver will be rebuilt and you'll get your graphic boot again (unless you are running debug kernels, but that's another story).
Kevin
I'm not sure to understand what's the relation between akmod and initrd driver ? Eric
Ah, perhaps I misunderstood. I thought you were saying that you weren't able to get a graphical desktop with nVidia after kernel updates. Are you wanting the actual boot process, prior to a login screen, to use the nVidia driver? If so, why?
Kevin
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