[CentOS] Centos6.4 via CR-repo; boot problems - realy solved by reinstalling kmod-nvidia

[Johan Vermeulen]

Op 28-02-13 12:34, Ned Slider schreef:
> On 28/02/13 11:42, Johan Vermeulen wrote:
>> Op 28-02-13 12:21, Ned Slider schreef:
>>> On 28/02/13 10:52, Johan Vermeulen wrote:
>>>> Op 28-02-13 10:04, jvermeulen schreef:
>>>>> Dear All,
>>>>>
>>>>> after updating to Centos6.4 via cr-repo, my laptop hangs on:
>>>>>
>>>>> starting crond :        ok
>>>>>
>>>>> I booted in single user mode but I'm not sure what to change ....
>>>>>
>>>>> The laptop is an older MSI, hardware details attached.
>>>>>
>>>>> what could be the issue here?
>>>>>
>>>>> greetings, J.
>>>> Solved after removing Elrepo-package kmod-nvidia.
>>>> I had that installed for being able to use an external monitor.
>>>>
>>> Without posting any details like what version of the driver you are
>>> using, or a copy of your xorg.log file showing the errors it's
>>> impossible to say or do much other than guess at the problem.
>>>
>>> However, I have done my best to test your scenario. The latest NVIDIA
>>> driver to support your hardware (from elrepo) is kmod-nvidia-304xx, the
>>> 304 series legacy driver (if you are unsure, trying installing and
>>> running nvidia-detect from elrepo which will advise you of the correct
>>> driver for your hardware).
>>>
>>> I can tell you that this driver works fine with the 6.4 update. There
>>> was some doubt about whether older drivers would support 6.4 as Xorg
>>> received an ABI update to 13.1 in the 6.4 release which older display
>>> drivers might not support. However, I have confirmed that the 304.xx
>>> legacy drivers and the latest 310.xx series NVIDIA drivers both fully
>>> support the version of Xorg shipped with 6.4
>>>
>>> So, my best guess is that you were maybe running an old version of the
>>> NVIDIA drivers and needed to update? But as I said above, without any
>>> further clues to work with I'm really guessing in the dark.
>>>
>>>
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>> Hello,
>>
>> thanks for looking in to this.
>>
>> Indeed, I should have included xorg.log. It took me longer than it
>> should have to realize it was a "graphical issue".
>>
>> Not updating could be the issue, I installed kmod-nvidia but never ran
>> an update with Elrepo repo enabled.
>> I will test that and report back.
>>
>> Greetings, J.
>>
> That indeed sounds like the issue. Try (re)installing the latest version
> that supports your hardware, kmod-nvidia-304xx:
>
> yum install kmod-nvidia-304xx
>
> and reboot.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
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Hello,

that solved the issue. I'm now running Centos6.4 with package 
kmod-nvidia-304xx.

and I tried nvidia--detect as well:

-bash-4.1# nvidia-detect
Probing for supported NVIDIA devices...
Found: [10de:0247] NVIDIA Corporation C51 [GeForce Go 6100]
This device requires the NVIDIA legacy 304.xx driver (kmod-nvidia-304xx).

Thanks for helping me out.

Greetings, J.