On 30/10/14 01:43, Mark LaPierre wrote: > On 10/29/14 07:03, Ned Slider wrote: >> On 29/10/14 03:09, Akemi Yagi wrote: >>> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote: >>>> On 10/28/2014 09:06 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote: >>>>> On 10/28/14 21:13, Mark LaPierre wrote: >>>>>> 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.