From: Bob Chiodini <rchiodin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Kernel crash Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 13:33:56 -0500
On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 13:14 -0500, David Cary Hart wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 18:07 +0000, Chethiya Ranaweera wrote:
> >
> > sorry about that. I am new to this mail group and this is the first time I
> > am asking for help. So what I understand from this is following:
> > Even though I can boot my old kernel w/o any problem, after upgrading the
> > kernel to the latest stable version I may have problems if I don't have the
> > latest nvidia drivers. Right?
> >
> >
> No. YOU said that you suspected nvidia. Indeed it is a frequent problem.
> I am simply suggesting that you make a change to xorg.conf that will
> take you all of 30 seconds (nvidia to nv). If the new kernel then boots,
> then we know that the problem is the nvidia driver. If, not then it is
> ruled out. With all due respect, this "test" would take considerably
> less time than what has been consumed by this colloquy.
>
> Just to be clear, xorg.conf is located in /etc/X11. Change this:
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Videocard0"
> Driver "nvidia"
> VendorName "Videocard vendor"
>
> To this:
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Videocard0"
> Driver "nv"
> VendorName "Videocard vendor"
>
> Then see if your new kernel is still DOA.
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Does your system boot in runlevel 3? Or without the rhgb and quiet options on the command line.
Bob...
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When I removed rhgb and quiet from grub.conf there was some improvement. This time it booted further and stopped at "Checking for New Hardware" and then froze. What could be the problem now? Does Nvidia issue still exisit or not?
