F14 locks up during graphical login into KDE

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On 25/08/11 17:16, Linux guy wrote:
> Hi people.
> 
> My F14 system is hanging during graphical login/boot into KDE.  The
> mouse becomes intermittent and then it freezes.
> 
> However, if I start a CLI session before it hangs, the CLI session runs
> fine.   
> 
> The machine will NOT shut down properly.  It hangs during shutdown.  It
> looks like one or more processes won't stop properly.
> 
> I believe this started happening after running yum update yesterday
> during which I noted that a new nvidia driver was installed.   I am
> running the proprietary nvidia driver, not nouveau.  (Ducks !)
> 
> Any ideas why this is happening ?   Anyone else having the same problem ?
> 
> Thanks !
> 
> 

I had this problem, and it turned out to be the nvidia libraries being
updated but not the driver itself. The fix involved changing to the vesa
video driver and installing the akmod nvidia driver before resetting to
the nvidia driver.

HTH

cpp4ever