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.