FC20 + kernel 3.18.5 + nvidia does not work

[Frédéric Bron]

Be careful before upgrading. I get the following error in Xorg.0.log:

[     8.095] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel
module. Please see the
[     8.095] (EE) NVIDIA:     system's kernel log for additional error
messages and
[     8.095] (EE) NVIDIA:     consult the NVIDIA README for details.
[     8.095] (EE) No devices detected.

and no graphical user interface!

Frédéric

[Joe Zeff]

On 02/12/2015 01:39 PM, Frédéric Bron wrote:
>  The
>  Nouveau driver is really not fast enough for the games of my children
>  so that I have to use the proprietary drivers. I must say that I have
>  never had any answer from nvidia when I posted bug reports in the past
>  so that I am now reluctant to post any. In the future, I will try to
>  avoid nvidia products but for the time being, I have to use them. 
Go to http://www.fedoraforum.org/?view=fedora_setup and find a number of 
setup guides and automated scripts for adding all of the things that 
Fedora can't directly give you, including both manual and automated ways 
to get the kmod/akmod-nvidia drivers (much more sane than the format 
provided by the OEM) installed with as little pain as possible.

[Stephen Morris]

On 02/11/2015 07:52 AM, Frédéric Bron wrote:
>  Be careful before upgrading. I get the following error in
> Xorg.0.log:
>
>  [     8.095] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel
>  module. Please see the
>  [     8.095] (EE) NVIDIA:     system's kernel log for additional error
>  messages and
>  [     8.095] (EE) NVIDIA:     consult the NVIDIA README for details.
>  [     8.095] (EE) No devices detected.
>
>  and no graphical user interface!
>
>  Frédéric 
I have the same problem under F21, I've upgraded to that kernel and 
there is no corresponding kmod-nvidia driver as yet. I also have the 
akmod-nvidia packages installed but found that the source process does 
not work properly in F21 on my system, as akmods is enabled for starting 
at boot time but it is not compiling the driver as it is supposed to, so 
I have had to run it manually to get a binary driver. You may want to 
have a look at the akmod-nvidia packages from rpmfusion as a means of 
getting a driver if there isn't an already compile driver for you 
installed kernel available.

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Thu, 2015-02-12 at 13:50 -0800, Joe Zeff wrote:
>  On 02/12/2015 01:39 PM, Frédéric Bron wrote:
>  > The
>  > Nouveau driver is really not fast enough for the games of my children
>  > so that I have to use the proprietary drivers. I must say that I have
>  > never had any answer from nvidia when I posted bug reports in the past
>  > so that I am now reluctant to post any. In the future, I will try to
>  > avoid nvidia products but for the time being, I have to use them.
>  
>  Go to http://www.fedoraforum.org/?view=fedora_setup and find a number of 
>  setup guides and automated scripts for adding all of the things that 
>  Fedora can't directly give you, including both manual and automated ways 
>  to get the kmod/akmod-nvidia drivers (much more sane than the format 
>  provided by the OEM) installed with as little pain as possible. 
I already have all that and normally it works, but for the past few
days:

[...]

Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kmod-nvidia.x86_64 1:346.35-1.fc21.3 will be updated
---> Package kmod-nvidia.x86_64 1:346.35-1.fc21.4 will be an update
--> Processing Dependency: kmod-nvidia-3.18.6-200.fc21.x86_64 >= 1:346.35-1.fc21.4
for package: 1:kmod-nvidia-346.35-1.fc21.4.x86_64
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kmod-nvidia-3.18.6-200.fc21.x86_64.x86_64 1:346.35-1.fc21.4 will be
installed
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-uname-r = 3.18.6-200.fc21.x86_64 for package:
1:kmod-nvidia-3.18.6-200.fc21.x86_64-346.35-1.fc21.4.x86_64
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
--> Finding unneeded leftover dependencies
Found and removing 0 unneeded dependencies
Error: Package: 1:kmod-nvidia-3.18.6-200.fc21.x86_64-346.35-1.fc21.4.x86_64
(rpmfusion-nonfree-updates)
           Requires: kernel-uname-r = 3.18.6-200.fc21.x86_64
           Installed: kernel-core-3.17.8-300.fc21.x86_64 (@updates)
               kernel-uname-r = 3.17.8-300.fc21.x86_64
           Installed: kernel-core-3.18.3-201.fc21.x86_64 (@updates-testing)
               kernel-uname-r = 3.18.3-201.fc21.x86_64
           Installed: kernel-core-3.18.5-201.fc21.x86_64 (@updates)
               kernel-uname-r = 3.18.5-201.fc21.x86_64
           Available: kernel-core-3.17.4-301.fc21.x86_64 (fedora)
               kernel-uname-r = 3.17.4-301.fc21.x86_64
           Available: kernel-debug-core-3.17.4-301.fc21.x86_64 (fedora)
               kernel-uname-r = 3.17.4-301.fc21.x86_64+debug
           Available: kernel-debug-core-3.18.5-201.fc21.x86_64 (updates)
               kernel-uname-r = 3.18.5-201.fc21.x86_64+debug
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem                             
                                                                          
 You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest                                      
                                                                          
                                                                                          
                             
Probably just have to wait for everything to sync.

poc

[Frédéric Bron]

>  [egreshko@meimei ~]$ uname -r
>  3.18.5-101.fc20.x86_64
>
>  [egreshko@meimei ~]$ rpm -qa | grep -i nvidia
>  kmod-nvidia-304xx-3.18.5-101.fc20.x86_64-304.123-1.fc20.25.x86_64
>  xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-304xx-304.123-1.fc20.x86_64
>  xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-304xx-libs-304.123-1.fc20.x86_64
>  kmod-nvidia-304xx-3.17.7-200.fc20.x86_64-304.123-1.fc20.22.x86_64
>  kmod-nvidia-304xx-3.17.8-200.fc20.x86_64-304.123-1.fc20.23.x86_64
>  akmod-nvidia-304xx-304.123-1.fc20.x86_64
>  And all is well..... 
$ uname -r
3.18.5-101.fc20.x86_64

$ rpm -qa | grep -i nvidia
kmod-nvidia-340xx-3.17.8-200.fc20.x86_64-340.65-3.fc20.1.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-3.18.5-101.fc20.x86_64-331.113-1.fc20.3.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-3.17.7-200.fc20.x86_64-331.113-1.fc20.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-340xx-340.65-4.fc20.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-340xx-libs-340.65-4.fc20.x86_64
akmod-nvidia-331.113-1.fc20.x86_64

and all is bad...

the main difference is that I am using 340 driver and you are using 304...

Frédéric

[Jon Danniken]

On 02/10/2015 12:52 PM, Frédéric Bron wrote:
>  Be careful before upgrading. I get the following error in
> Xorg.0.log:
>  
>  [     8.095] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel
>  module. Please see the
>  [     8.095] (EE) NVIDIA:     system's kernel log for additional error
>  messages and
>  [     8.095] (EE) NVIDIA:     consult the NVIDIA README for details.
>  [     8.095] (EE) No devices detected.
>  
>  and no graphical user interface! 
Same problem here, what version of nvidia drivers are you using?  I'm
using the 340.65-4 version here, which I originally got from RPMFusion.
 Apparently, nether they nor the kmods are any longer available from
rpmfusion, with the 304.123 version (which Ed is using) being listed as
the latest version.

At one point I was offered a 340.65-5 driver from rpmfusion, but it
appears to no longer be available.

Jon

[Kevin Cummings]

On 02/12/2015 04:47 PM, Frédéric Bron wrote:
>  the main difference is that I am using 340 driver and you are using
> 304... 
Interesting point.  My (x86_64) home server is still on F19 and using
the 340 driver.  My (i686) test system is on F21 and running the 304
driver without incident.

>  Frédéric
>   
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[Frédéric Bron]

> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Forbidden_items?rd=ForbiddenItems#NVIDIA_P...
>
>
> http://rpmfusion.org/FAQ#I_have_a_problem_with_one_of_the_non-free_driver...

I know that and I am not expecting any help from fedora on this topic
but I wanted to warn people before upgrading.
However, I have nvidia video card and I have to live with it. The
Nouveau driver is really not fast enough for the games of my children
so that I have to use the proprietary drivers. I must say that I have
never had any answer from nvidia when I posted bug reports in the past
so that I am now reluctant to post any. In the future, I will try to
avoid nvidia products but for the time being, I have to use them.

Thanks,

Frédéric

[Ed Greshko]

On 02/11/15 04:52, Frédéric Bron wrote:
>  Be careful before upgrading. I get the following error in
> Xorg.0.log:
>
>  [     8.095] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel
>  module. Please see the
>  [     8.095] (EE) NVIDIA:     system's kernel log for additional error
>  messages and
>  [     8.095] (EE) NVIDIA:     consult the NVIDIA README for details.
>  [     8.095] (EE) No devices detected.
>
>  and no graphical user interface!
>
>  Frédéric 
[egreshko@meimei ~]$ uname -r
3.18.5-101.fc20.x86_64

[egreshko@meimei ~]$ rpm -qa | grep -i nvidia
kmod-nvidia-304xx-3.18.5-101.fc20.x86_64-304.123-1.fc20.25.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-304xx-304.123-1.fc20.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-304xx-libs-304.123-1.fc20.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-304xx-3.17.7-200.fc20.x86_64-304.123-1.fc20.22.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-304xx-3.17.8-200.fc20.x86_64-304.123-1.fc20.23.x86_64
akmod-nvidia-304xx-304.123-1.fc20.x86_64

And all is well.....

-- 
If you can't laugh at yourself, others will gladly oblige.

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Fri, 2015-02-13 at 16:17 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>  Probably just have to wait for everything to sync. 
Yep, fixed itself with this morning's update.

poc

[poma]

On 12.02.2015 22:39, Frédéric Bron wrote:
> >
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Forbidden_items?rd=ForbiddenItems#NVIDIA_P...
> >
> >
> http://rpmfusion.org/FAQ#I_have_a_problem_with_one_of_the_non-free_driver...
>  
>  
>  I know that and I am not expecting any help from fedora on this topic
>  but I wanted to warn people before upgrading.
>  However, I have nvidia video card and I have to live with it. The
>  Nouveau driver is really not fast enough for the games of my children
>  so that I have to use the proprietary drivers. I must say that I have
>  never had any answer from nvidia when I posted bug reports in the past
>  so that I am now reluctant to post any. In the future, I will try to
>  avoid nvidia products but for the time being, I have to use them.
>  
>  Thanks,
>  
>  Frédéric
>   
A good description and conclusion. ;)

[poma]

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Forbidden_items?rd=ForbiddenItems#NVIDIA_P...

http://rpmfusion.org/FAQ#I_have_a_problem_with_one_of_the_non-free_driver...