X server dies on startup with kernel-4.2.7-300.fc23.x86_64

[Ed Greshko]

On 12/20/15 05:55, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> Ed Greshko<ed.greshko at 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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