Yan Li wrote:
> If you need to use a non stock kernel, you can also try to download the
> latest driver directly from nvidia. The nvidia official driver is very
> easy to install and works with almost all kernel versions. It can also be
> easily uninstalled too.
Make sure you have the correct one, though. I have a number of systems
with older NVidia cards, and have to pick and choose the correct "legacy"
driver.
mark
>
> On Dec 14, 2017 1:51 PM, "Jerry Geis" <jerry.geis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I installed the elrepo kmod-nvidia and also the nvidia-detect and
>> modules
>> (see below).
>>
>> I had X working with the 3.10 from Centos - but video was freezing. SO
>> I
>> thought I would try the elrepo kernel. I installed that and X does not
>> come
>> up?
>>
>> How do I re-make the nvidia module for 4.14.5 kernel? I want to make
>> sure
>> the kmod kernel did it. I 'm thinking it did not.
>>
>> lspci | grep VGA says GT218
>>
>> Or what do I look at now to see why X is not coming up?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>> uname -r
>> 4.14.5-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64
>>
>>
>> grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
>> [ 136.998] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module.
>> Please see the
>> [ 136.998] (EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error
>> messages and
>> [ 136.998] (EE) NVIDIA: consult the NVIDIA README for details.
>> [ 136.998] (EE) No devices detected.
>> [ 136.998] (EE)
>> [ 136.998] (EE) no screens found(EE)
>> [ 136.998] (EE)
>> [ 136.998] (EE) Please also check the log file at
>> "/var/log/Xorg.0.log"
>> for additional information.
>> [ 136.998] (EE)
>> [ 137.004] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
>>
>> uname -a
>>
>> rpm -qa | grep kernel
>> kernel-3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64
>> kernel-tools-3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64
>> abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.1.11-48.el7.centos.x86_64
>> kernel-headers-3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64
>> kernel-ml-devel-4.14.5-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64
>> kernel-devel-3.10.0-693.el7.x86_64
>> kernel-3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64
>> kernel-ml-4.14.5-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64
>> kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64
>> kernel-devel-3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64
>> [root at mediaport14 ~]# rpm -qa | grep kernel-ml
>> kernel-ml-devel-4.14.5-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64
>> kernel-ml-4.14.5-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64
>>
>>
>> # rpm -qa | grep nvidia
>> kmod-nvidia-340xx-340.102-4.el7_4.elrepo.x86_64
>> nvidia-detect-384.90-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64
>> yum-plugin-nvidia-1.0.2-1.el7.elrepo.noarch
>> nvidia-x11-drv-340xx-340.102-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64
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