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.
poc
On 03/15/2015 01:06 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan 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.
poc
Hi Patrick,
After updating to 3.18.9-200, my box boots properly :-)
Joachim Backes
On Sun, 2015-03-15 at 13:55 +0100, Joachim Backes wrote:
On 03/15/2015 01:06 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan 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.
poc
Hi Patrick,
After updating to 3.18.9-200, my box boots properly :-)
Thanks. I assume it will appear in due course (it's currently not showing in the repos but I'll just be patient).
poc
On 03/15/2015 11:33 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
Thanks. I assume it will appear in due course (it's currently not showing in the repos but I'll just be patient).
Check to make sure that you have a kmod-nvidia to match the kernel. Every now and then there's a delay in getting out the new one.
On Sun, 2015-03-15 at 11:42 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 03/15/2015 11:33 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
Thanks. I assume it will appear in due course (it's currently not showing in the repos but I'll just be patient).
Check to make sure that you have a kmod-nvidia to match the kernel. Every now and then there's a delay in getting out the new one.
I actually do have that, just not the kernel itself.
poc
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. Frédéric
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.
poc
On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:25:39 +0000 Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
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.
You need to read the detailed instructions in the rpmfusion installing nvidia driver page. The change that made "kernel" split into "kernel-core" and other packages has blown the minds of many many things.
according to http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia you now need something absurd like:"kernel-devel-uname-r == $(uname -r)" added to the yum command.
On 03/16/2015 01:26 AM, Frédéric Bron wrote:
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.
That's odd. I use yumex, which is just a GUI front-end for yum, and I normally get both the kernel and the kmod together. And, if there's a delay on the kmod, I also have akmod as a backup. That way, if I don't notice the lack of kmod I can still boot safely into the new kernel.
On Mon, 2015-03-16 at 09:19 -0700, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 03/16/2015 01:26 AM, Frédéric Bron wrote:
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.
That's odd. I use yumex, which is just a GUI front-end for yum, and I normally get both the kernel and the kmod together. And, if there's a delay on the kmod, I also have akmod as a backup. That way, if I don't notice the lack of kmod I can still boot safely into the new kernel.
I already have akmod installed, but it didn't seem to do anything in this case.
poc
On 03/16/15 21:13, Tom Horsley wrote:
according to http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia you now need something absurd like:"kernel-devel-uname-r == $(uname -r)" added to the yum command.
I don't think that is anything new under the sun. On the initial install that is just ensuring you're installing the kernel-devel package for the running kernel.
On 03/18/15 08:05, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/16/15 21:13, Tom Horsley wrote:
according to http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia you now need something absurd like:"kernel-devel-uname-r == $(uname -r)" added to the yum command.
I don't think that is anything new under the sun. On the initial install that is just ensuring you're installing the kernel-devel package for the running kernel.
FWIW, here is the same page back in March of 2014.
http://web.archive.org/web/20140329043812/http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia
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