-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Marko A. Jennings Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 3:18 PM To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] Problem with nvidia-drv-x11 when upgrading to CentOS 5.2
On Tue, June 24, 2008 3:08 pm, Bernhard Gschaider wrote:
Hi!
I know that the nvidia-drv-x11-package is from RPMForge, but I thought I might mention it here.
I have a machine with a NVidia-card and because of the ease of use I use the rpmforge-package for that.
After upgrading the problem was that during rebooting as soon as the machine hit the RHGB (which implicitly uses that driver) the machine froze. I booted into the old kernel removed rhgb, rebooted. Now the machine froze when starting X. Same procedure: Old Kernel. Remove nvidia-drv-x11. Reboot into the new kernel and reinstall nvidia-drv-x11. After a reboot everything works as it used to.
The cause of the problem could have been (sorry, I didn't do any thorough forensic) that the nvidia.ko that was used in the new kernel was a symbolic link from the "weak-updates"-directory into the old kernel "extra"-directory. Is it possible that this only works inside of kernels with the same x in CentOS 5.x ?
For the other machines I am upgrading I plan to
- deinstall nvidia-x11-drv
- do a regular "yum upgrade"
- reinstall nvidia-x11-drv after reboot
That is exactly what I did and my machine hangs again after nvidia-x11-drv is installed. ----------------------------------------------- Have you tried an older version of the driver from rpmforge? Do that First and see how that turns out. I myself am a fan of the Nvidia Drivers from nvidia.com. Meantime CentOS 5.2 is Very New and they may very well be issues with driver Stability yet to be.
http://wiki.centos.org/HardwareList/Nvidia_Graphics This is a link of how to install the nvidia driver from nvidia.com. **WARNING** It is not finished but there should be enough info there to get to rolling in the right direction. You need to be aware it is a draft only. Cent OS 5.2 will also be included in it with in the next 30 days as time alows me.
Alternativly after you get one Nvidia.com driver going on one machine, you could copy the built kernel module over to other machines providing they have the same card. Warning, I do not condone such as that. Good Luck...
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