On Mon, 2015-03-16 at 09:26 +0100, Frédéric Bron wrote:
Installed the latest stable kernel using yum. On booting, a few seconds after the splash screen, I get a solitary blinking cursor. Rebooting with the previous version (3.18.8-201) works fine. Video is an Nvidia GT630 using the kmod-nvidia driver.
for me, I always have to run 'yum update' twice. The first time, I get the new kernel from fedora, then I need to reboot and do 'yum update' again for the nvidia driver. Sometimes, the graphical interface does not start after the reboot. Can you switch to a terminal window with Ctrl+Alt+F#? If so, try to log as root, do yum update and reboot.
Thanks, the normal yum update I do every day sorted it out.
The info for kmod-nvidia says:
This is a meta-package without payload which sole purpose is to require the nvidia kernel module(s) for the newest kernel. to make sure you get it together with a new kernel.
Either I'm misunderstanding what that comment says, or it isn't doing what it's supposed to.
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