> You must blacklist nouveau in the edit /etc/grub.conf and add the > following to the end of the line(s) starting with 'kernel': > > rdblacklist=nouveau > > > > Before using the driver, you need to lower your system protection so > SElinux doesn't prevent the driver to load. > > setsebool -P allow_execstack on > > > http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia#head-205aab6f190d363e3915c0fa2e0681fc392a > aeb6 > > > Make sure the kernel extensions are intalled with the Nvidia Driver > > That's it > > Michael Miles > > On 03/23/2010 09:52 AM, Kevin Kempter wrote: > > Hi all; > > > > I've updated to the latest kernel and it boots to a blank screen, nvidia > > does not start. > > > > Here's what I have installed: > > > > [/root] > > root@Issac # rpm -qa | grep kernel | sort > > abrt-addon-kerneloops-1.0.8-2.fc12.x86_64 > > kernel-2.6.31.12-174.2.19.fc12.x86_64 > > kernel-2.6.31.12-174.2.22.fc12.x86_64 > > kernel-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64 > > kernel-devel-2.6.31.12-174.2.19.fc12.x86_64 > > kernel-devel-2.6.31.12-174.2.22.fc12.x86_64 > > kernel-devel-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64 > > kernel-firmware-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.noarch > > kernel-headers-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64 > > > > [/root] > > root@Issac # rpm -qa | grep nvidia | sort > > akmod-nvidia-190.53-3.fc12.x86_64 > > kmod-nvidia-190.53-3.fc12.x86_64 > > kmod-nvidia-2.6.31.12-174.2.19.fc12.x86_64-190.53-1.fc12.4.x86_64 > > kmod-nvidia-2.6.31.12-174.2.22.fc12.x86_64-190.53-3.fc12.x86_64 > > kmod-nvidia-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64-190.53-3.fc12.x86_64 > > nvidia-settings-1.0-3.4.fc12.x86_64 > > nvidia-xconfig-1.0-2.fc12.x86_64 > > xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-190.53-4.fc12.x86_64 > > xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-190.53-4.fc12.x86_64 > > > > > > f I boot into the 2.6.31.12 kernel all is fine. > > > > Any help, advice, thoughts? > > > > > > Thanks in advance I did the following but still no joy: changed my /etc/grub.conf file to have the rdblacklist=nouveau : root@Issac # cat /etc/grub.conf # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg. # root (hd0,0) # kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda1 # initrd /boot/initrd-[generic-]version.img #boot=/dev/sda default=0 timeout=5 splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title Fedora (2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64 ro root=UUID=91673aa6-9636-4490-af4e-3c79a684a2d9 nomodeset LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet rdblacklist=nouveau initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64.img title Fedora (2.6.31.12-174.2.22.fc12.x86_64) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.12-174.2.22.fc12.x86_64 ro root=UUID=91673aa6-9636-4490-af4e-3c79a684a2d9 nomodeset LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.31.12-174.2.22.fc12.x86_64.img title Fedora (2.6.31.12-174.2.19.fc12.x86_64) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.12-174.2.19.fc12.x86_64 ro root=UUID=91673aa6-9636-4490-af4e-3c79a684a2d9 nomodeset LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.31.12-174.2.19.fc12.x86_64.img > Before using the driver, you need to lower your system protection so > SElinux doesn't prevent the driver to load. > > setsebool -P allow_execstack on I have SE-Linux disabled > > Make sure the kernel extensions are intalled with the Nvidia Driver not sure what this means, are you referring to the kmod-nvidia packages? If so I do have 'em installed - see my listing above. Am I missing something else? I still boot to a blank screen. Thanks in advance -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines