On 03/23/2010 01:52 PM, Kevin Kempter wrote: >> 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 > # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,0) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root # initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img #boot=/dev/sda default=0 timeout=0 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title Fedora (2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root nomodeset LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet rdblacklist=nouveau initrd /initramfs-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64.img title Fedora (2.6.32.9-67.fc12.x86_64) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32.9-67.fc12.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root nomodeset LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet rdblacklist=nouveau initrd /initramfs-2.6.32.9-67.fc12.x86_64.img title Fedora (2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root nomodeset LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet rdblacklist=nouveau initrd /initramfs-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64.img -- 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
