I think that nvidia-detect could be helpful even on non-stock kernels to find out if you need to use "legacy" or "non-legacy" driver :) On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 4:34 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > 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 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> CentOS mailing list > >> CentOS at centos.org > >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >