latest kernel boots to a blank screen

[Michael Miles]

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 at 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 at 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 at 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