On 10/28/2014 09:06 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:

On 10/28/14 21:13, Mark LaPierre wrote:

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Hey Y'all,

After upgrade to 6.6 my gui will not start. The problem is probably related to the dusty old video card I've got in this crusty old machine.

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G73 [GeForce 7600 GS] (rev a2)

I've got the proprietary drivers installed. Normally when I update my kernel the video module is rebuilt automagically. That probably doesn't work with the new kernel.

I can get the GUI running by booting into the previous kernel version.

Does anyone know what repository and package name I need to update the driver for 6.6?

Okay, I erased kmod-nvidia-304xx and nvidia-x11-drv-304xx

I booted into the new kernel and reinstalled kmod-nvidia-304xx and nvidia-x11-drv-304xx.

After a reboot still no joy.

The Xorg.0.log says:

[ 57.575] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your [ 57.575] (EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error messages.

Where do I find said kernel log?

Do you also have kernel-devel for the new kernel installed?

I don't know how that package works (it is not in one of the CentOS repo's) but it might need to be updated by the provider to work with the new kernel as well.

Akemi, is that an elrepo package .. and does it work with 6.6?

On 29/10/14 03:09, Akemi Yagi wrote:

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org wrote:

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On 10/28/2014 09:06 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:

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On 10/28/14 21:13, Mark LaPierre wrote:

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Hey Y'all,

After upgrade to 6.6 my gui will not start. The problem is probably related to the dusty old video card I've got in this crusty old machine.

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G73 [GeForce 7600 GS] (rev a2)

I've got the proprietary drivers installed. Normally when I update my kernel the video module is rebuilt automagically. That probably doesn't work with the new kernel.

I can get the GUI running by booting into the previous kernel version.

Does anyone know what repository and package name I need to update the driver for 6.6?

Okay, I erased kmod-nvidia-304xx and nvidia-x11-drv-304xx

I booted into the new kernel and reinstalled kmod-nvidia-304xx and nvidia-x11-drv-304xx.

After a reboot still no joy.

The Xorg.0.log says:

[ 57.575] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your [ 57.575] (EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error messages.

Where do I find said kernel log?

Do you also have kernel-devel for the new kernel installed?

I don't know how that package works (it is not in one of the CentOS repo's) but it might need to be updated by the provider to work with the new kernel as well.

Akemi, is that an elrepo package .. and does it work with 6.6?

Someone called my name ... :)

Mark, first make sure you need the -304xx driver by running nvidia-detect:

http://elrepo.org/tiki/nvidia-detect

Once confirmed, you need to install the latest version of kmod-nvidia-304xx from the elrepo-testing repository on your 6.6 OS. Please see:

http://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=517

They will eventually be moved to the elrepo main repository.

Akemi

Akemi is correct. Users of kmod-nvidia-304xx will need to update to the latest release (currently kmod-nvidia-304xx-304.123-3.el6.elrepo) at the same time as updating to 6.6.

Please note, due to changes in the 6.6 kernel ABI, the original release (304.123-1) is compatible with 6.5 but NOT 6.6, and latest release (304.123-3) is compatible with 6.6 but NOT backwards compatible with 6.5. This means you MUST update kmod-nvidia-304xx at the same time as performing the 6.5 to 6.6 update / reboot if you want X to continue working seamlessly.

The newer kmod-nvidia-304xx release(s) are in the elrepo-testing repository, and are now also syncing to the main elrepo repository.

The current 340.xx driver is unaffected. The older 173.xx driver may also be similarly affected but I have not tested it and have yet to receive a bug report on it. If it is similarly broken I will fix it as and when someone reports it and is able to test the fix.

Thanks.

On 30/10/14 01:43, Mark LaPierre wrote:

On 10/29/14 07:03, Ned Slider wrote:

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On 29/10/14 03:09, Akemi Yagi wrote:

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On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Johnny Hughes johnny@centos.org wrote:

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On 10/28/2014 09:06 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:

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On 10/28/14 21:13, Mark LaPierre wrote:

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Hey Y'all,

After upgrade to 6.6 my gui will not start. The problem is probably related to the dusty old video card I've got in this crusty old machine.

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G73 [GeForce 7600 GS] (rev a2)

I've got the proprietary drivers installed. Normally when I update my kernel the video module is rebuilt automagically. That probably doesn't work with the new kernel.

I can get the GUI running by booting into the previous kernel version.

Does anyone know what repository and package name I need to update the driver for 6.6?

Okay, I erased kmod-nvidia-304xx and nvidia-x11-drv-304xx

I booted into the new kernel and reinstalled kmod-nvidia-304xx and nvidia-x11-drv-304xx.

After a reboot still no joy.

The Xorg.0.log says:

[ 57.575] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your [ 57.575] (EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error messages.

Where do I find said kernel log?

Do you also have kernel-devel for the new kernel installed?

I don't know how that package works (it is not in one of the CentOS repo's) but it might need to be updated by the provider to work with the new kernel as well.

Akemi, is that an elrepo package .. and does it work with 6.6?

Someone called my name ... :)

Mark, first make sure you need the -304xx driver by running nvidia-detect:

http://elrepo.org/tiki/nvidia-detect

Once confirmed, you need to install the latest version of kmod-nvidia-304xx from the elrepo-testing repository on your 6.6 OS. Please see:

http://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=517

They will eventually be moved to the elrepo main repository.

Akemi

Akemi is correct. Users of kmod-nvidia-304xx will need to update to the latest release (currently kmod-nvidia-304xx-304.123-3.el6.elrepo) at the same time as updating to 6.6.

Please note, due to changes in the 6.6 kernel ABI, the original release (304.123-1) is compatible with 6.5 but NOT 6.6, and latest release (304.123-3) is compatible with 6.6 but NOT backwards compatible with 6.5. This means you MUST update kmod-nvidia-304xx at the same time as performing the 6.5 to 6.6 update / reboot if you want X to continue working seamlessly.

The newer kmod-nvidia-304xx release(s) are in the elrepo-testing repository, and are now also syncing to the main elrepo repository.

The current 340.xx driver is unaffected. The older 173.xx driver may also be similarly affected but I have not tested it and have yet to receive a bug report on it. If it is similarly broken I will fix it as and when someone reports it and is able to test the fix.

Thanks.

Hey Ned,

The new driver package appeared on my update list this evening. I installed it and rebooted into the new kernel. All is well.

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the confirmation. Glad we got it fixed and apologies for the slight delay / mishap you experienced.