cannot boot after F12 to F14 upgrade

[Juan R. de Silva]

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:03:41 +1100, Chris Smart wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Juan R. de Silva
> <juan.r.d.silva at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Moving out of the way xorg.conf worked out as you suggested.  I am now
>> in F14 using vesa driver.  Thanks for that. :-)
> 
> No worries.
> 
>>> 3) /usr/sbin/akmods --force
>>
>> But this produced the following errors:
>>
>> [root at mobyfedora]# /usr/sbin/akmods --force Checking kmods exist for
>> 2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686.PAE         [  OK  ] Files needed for building
>> modules against kernel 2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686.PAE could not be found as
>> the following directories are missing:
>> /usr/src/kernels/2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686.PAE/
>> /lib/modules/2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686.PAE/build/              [FAILED]
> 
> Hmm.. did you get a kernel update at some point and not yet reboot?

noops

 
> Is that the kernel you're currently running? 

yes it is

> Maybe make sure you're running
> the right kernel and see if you have kernel-devel installed for your
> kernel. If so, it should have given you
> /usr/src/kernels/2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686.PAE

however this directory does not exist. mistery...

at this point i've given up. i am going to restore the entire system to 
its initial state, then upgrade and proceed up to the point i can use the 
system with vesa driver.

then i'll remove old nvidia modules and related kernels and manually 
install new ones. let's see.