On 03/23/2010 01:52 PM, Kevin Kempter wrote:
> You must blacklist nouveau in the edit /etc/grub.conf and add
the
> following to the end of the line(s) starting with 'kernel':
>
> rdblacklist=nouveau
>
>
>
> Before using the driver, you need to lower your system protection so
> SElinux doesn't prevent the driver to load.
>
> setsebool -P allow_execstack on
>
>
>
http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia#head-205aab6f190d363e3915c0fa2e0681fc392a
> aeb6
>
>
> Make sure the kernel extensions are intalled with the Nvidia Driver
>
> That's it
>
> Michael Miles
>
> On 03/23/2010 09:52 AM, Kevin Kempter wrote:
>
>> Hi all;
>>
>> I've updated to the latest kernel and it boots to a blank screen, nvidia
>> does not start.
>>
>> Here's what I have installed:
>>
>> [/root]
>> root@Issac # rpm -qa | grep kernel | sort
>> abrt-addon-kerneloops-1.0.8-2.fc12.x86_64
>> kernel-2.6.31.12-174.2.19.fc12.x86_64
>> kernel-2.6.31.12-174.2.22.fc12.x86_64
>> kernel-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64
>> kernel-devel-2.6.31.12-174.2.19.fc12.x86_64
>> kernel-devel-2.6.31.12-174.2.22.fc12.x86_64
>> kernel-devel-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64
>> kernel-firmware-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.noarch
>> kernel-headers-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64
>>
>> [/root]
>> root@Issac # rpm -qa | grep nvidia | sort
>> akmod-nvidia-190.53-3.fc12.x86_64
>> kmod-nvidia-190.53-3.fc12.x86_64
>> kmod-nvidia-2.6.31.12-174.2.19.fc12.x86_64-190.53-1.fc12.4.x86_64
>> kmod-nvidia-2.6.31.12-174.2.22.fc12.x86_64-190.53-3.fc12.x86_64
>> kmod-nvidia-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64-190.53-3.fc12.x86_64
>> nvidia-settings-1.0-3.4.fc12.x86_64
>> nvidia-xconfig-1.0-2.fc12.x86_64
>> xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-190.53-4.fc12.x86_64
>> xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-190.53-4.fc12.x86_64
>>
>>
>> f I boot into the 2.6.31.12 kernel all is fine.
>>
>> Any help, advice, thoughts?
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
I did the following but still no joy:
changed my /etc/grub.conf file to have the rdblacklist=nouveau :
root@Issac # cat /etc/grub.conf
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda1
# initrd /boot/initrd-[generic-]version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64 ro
root=UUID=91673aa6-9636-4490-af4e-3c79a684a2d9 nomodeset LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet
rdblacklist=nouveau
initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64.img
title Fedora (2.6.31.12-174.2.22.fc12.x86_64)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.12-174.2.22.fc12.x86_64 ro
root=UUID=91673aa6-9636-4490-af4e-3c79a684a2d9 nomodeset LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.31.12-174.2.22.fc12.x86_64.img
title Fedora (2.6.31.12-174.2.19.fc12.x86_64)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.12-174.2.19.fc12.x86_64 ro
root=UUID=91673aa6-9636-4490-af4e-3c79a684a2d9 nomodeset LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.31.12-174.2.19.fc12.x86_64.img
> Before using the driver, you need to lower your system protection so
> SElinux doesn't prevent the driver to load.
>
> setsebool -P allow_execstack on
>
I have SE-Linux disabled
> Make sure the kernel extensions are intalled with the Nvidia Driver
>
not sure what this means, are you referring to the kmod-nvidia packages? If so
I do have 'em installed - see my listing above.
Am I missing something else? I still boot to a blank screen.
Thanks in advance
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root
# initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=0
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64 ro
root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root nomodeset LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet
rdblacklist=nouveau
initrd /initramfs-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64.img
title Fedora (2.6.32.9-67.fc12.x86_64)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32.9-67.fc12.x86_64 ro
root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root nomodeset LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet
rdblacklist=nouveau
initrd /initramfs-2.6.32.9-67.fc12.x86_64.img
title Fedora (2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64 ro
root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root nomodeset LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet
rdblacklist=nouveau
initrd /initramfs-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64.img