On 28/02/13 12:32, Johan Vermeulen wrote: > > 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. >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> CentOS mailing list >>>> CentOS at centos.org >>>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> 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. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > 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. > You're welcome - glad you got it sorted.