Problems 'removing nouveau' in fed 18

[Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R]

On 11/20/2012 12:37 PM, Alexander Volovics wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 08:43:18PM +0100, Nicolas Chauvet wrote:
>
>>>> The standard ways of getting rid of
>>>> the nouveau driver (up to Fed 17)
>>>> do not seem to work anymore in Fed 18:
>>>>
>>>>    add 'rdblacklist=nouveau' to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX in
>>>> /etc/default/grub
>>>>    (and/or add 'blacklist nouveau' to
>>>> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf) and
>>>>    then run grub2-mkconfig and dracut.
>>> You have to create a file like /etc/dracut.conf.d/10-blacklist.conf with
>>>
>>> omit_drivers+=" nouveau "
>> This is only a workaround, the root cause is that rd.driver.blacklist
>> does not function..
>>
>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=873220
>> And this is the proposed patch:
>> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.initramfs/2971
>>
>> I may not implement the workaround for the proprietary driver that use
>> the rd.driver.blacklist function. But more likely break with a
>> describing message if a user install the package with an unfixed
>> dracut, so everyone fix the problem in the right way.
>>
>> Nicolas (kwizart)
> Should this not be an official bug plus bugfix for Fed18?
>
> I do not quite understand the patch, a bit above my competence,
> so I shall not attempt to apply it.
>
> Alexander
>
Here's what works for me so far:

1.  Change instances of "rhgb quiet" to "nomodeset" in /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
2.  Reboot
3.  as root type "init 3"
4.  run the NVIDIA*.run file
5. init 5

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