[CentOS] No X with new 6.6 kernel(SOLVED)

[Mark LaPierre]

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.


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