Ed Greshkoed.greshko@greshko.com wrote
On 12/18/15 20:14, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
After rebooting I get the login screen but Plasma segfaults and Gnome gives an oops and sad face so I've had to fall back to LxQT until I can figure out what's going on.
FWIW, I can confirm that akmod-nvidia-358.16-1.fc23.x86_64 breaks my system with the GeForce 8600M GS card (a rather old card in a laptop).
Falling back to akmod-nvidia-340xx.x86_64 got things working again. You may want to consider giving that a try after checking and confirming 340xx is supposed to support your card.
The 8600 series cards are classified like the 9600 series and 9300 series cards , as "Legacy" and *require* the 340-xxx series drivers.
I am using the 340.96 with a 9300 chipset on my main box, and with a 9600 chipset on the mythbox. Both running well on F22. Using the wrong driver might the problem, not F23.
Geoff
On 12/20/15 05:55, R. G. Newbury wrote:
Ed Greshkoed.greshko@greshko.com wrote
On 12/18/15 20:14, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
After rebooting I get the login screen but Plasma segfaults and Gnome gives an oops and sad face so I've had to fall back to LxQT until I can figure out what's going on.
FWIW, I can confirm that akmod-nvidia-358.16-1.fc23.x86_64 breaks my system with the GeForce 8600M GS card (a rather old card in a laptop).
Falling back to akmod-nvidia-340xx.x86_64 got things working again. You may want to consider giving that a try after checking and confirming 340xx is supposed to support your card.
The 8600 series cards are classified like the 9600 series and 9300 series cards , as "Legacy" and *require* the 340-xxx series drivers.
I suppose you missed the part in this thread where I came to realize, at the prompting of Ralf, that I consulted the wrong README file?
I am using the 340.96 with a 9300 chipset on my main box, and with a 9600 chipset on the mythbox. Both running well on F22. Using the wrong driver might the problem, not F23.
The OP's card is supposedly supported by the nvidia-358 driver.
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