On 12/02/2011 05:04 AM, Ian Malone wrote:
On 2 December 2011 08:46, John PilkingtonJ.Pilk@tesco.net wrote:
This looks as if it could be another instance of the problems with nvidia 290.10 Try reverting or going to the new 'long-lived' 275.36
Several examples on the atrpms-users list.
Are you sure? From the lsmod and Xorg it looks like nouveau is being loaded, and nvidia is not.
If Lawrence has network access in text only mode I would suggest as root: yum reinstall xorg-x11-drv-nvidia nvidia-settings akmod-nvidia kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs nvidia-xconfig
(All one line)
If that doesn't help or there's no net access then (again as root), first line is moving the file to a backup with today's date: mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup-20111202 nvidia-config-display echo blacklist nouveau>> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)
This (in order), moves your current Xorg configuration to a backup file, uses nvidia-config-display to create a new one, tells the system not to use the nouveau driver (you'll need to undo this if you ever want to use nouveau) and creates a new initrd with nouveau excluded. Let us know how you get on.
I tried all that you instructed to no avail. When I tried reinstalling the nvidia drivers, I received the message that there were no mirrors. When I tried the mv, it came back and said nvidia-config-display is not a directory. I agree with the first statement made, the nouveau drivers are being loaded and not the nvidia drivers for some strange reason. I have never had this problem before. I bought the lastest nvidia card with the express purpose of not facing these problems. Oh well:-) I still express my thanks for your hard work. I guess it is back to the drawing board. I wish I could send my laptop to you. I believe if you could see what it is doing with your own eyes and not the eyes of a novice, it would be an easy fix.