[Mageia-discuss] How to re-enable nvidia driver for new kernel?

Thu Aug 23 22:19:41 CEST 2012

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Len Lawrence <tarazed25 at gmail.com> wrote:
+
+> On 23/08/12 20:12, Thomas Backlund wrote:
+>
+>> 23.08.2012 21:47, Len Lawrence skrev:
+>>
+>>>
+>>> [lcl at belexeuli ~]$ rpm -qa |grep nvidia
+>>> x11-driver-video-nvidia-**current-295.71-1.mga2.nonfree
+>>>
+>>
+>> so the new x11 driver is installed.
+>>
+>>  nvidia-current-doc-html-295.**71-1.mga2.nonfree
+>>> nvidia-current-kernel-3.3.6-**desktop-2.mga2-295.49-4.mga2.**nonfree
+>>> dkms-nvidia-current-295.71-1.**mga2.nonfree
+>>>
+>>
+>>  nvidia-current-kernel-desktop-**latest-295.71-1.mga2.nonfree
+>>> nvidia-current-kernel-3.3.8-**desktop-2.mga2-295.71-1.mga2.**nonfree
+>>>
+>>
+>> and so is the prebuilt module, so this should have worked :/
+>>
+>> What does this show:
+>>
+>> rpm -Vv  nvidia-current-kernel-3.3.8-**desktop-2.mga2-295.71-1.mga2.**
+>> nonfree
+>>
+>> --
+>> Thomas
+>>
+>>  [root at belexeuli lcl]# rpm -Vv  nvidia-current-kernel-3.3.8-**
+> desktop-2.mga2-295.71-1.mga2.**nonfree
+> .........    /var/lib/dkms-binary/nvidia-**current/295.71-1.mga2.nonfree/*
+> *3.3.8-desktop-2.mga2
+> .........    /var/lib/dkms-binary/nvidia-**current/295.71-1.mga2.nonfree/*
+> *3.3.8-desktop-2.mga2/dkms.conf
+> .........    /var/lib/dkms-binary/nvidia-**current/295.71-1.mga2.nonfree/*
+> *3.3.8-desktop-2.mga2/x86_64
+> .........    /var/lib/dkms-binary/nvidia-**current/295.71-1.mga2.nonfree/*
+> *3.3.8-desktop-2.mga2/x86_64/**log
+> .........    /var/lib/dkms-binary/nvidia-**current/295.71-1.mga2.nonfree/*
+> *3.3.8-desktop-2.mga2/x86_64/**log/make.log
+> .........    /var/lib/dkms-binary/nvidia-**current/295.71-1.mga2.nonfree/*
+> *3.3.8-desktop-2.mga2/x86_64/**module
+> .........    /var/lib/dkms-binary/nvidia-**current/295.71-1.mga2.nonfree/*
+> *3.3.8-desktop-2.mga2/x86_64/**module/nvidia-current.ko.xz
+> .........    /var/lib/dkms-binary/nvidia-**current/295.71-1.mga2.nonfree/*
+> *3.3.8-desktop-2.mga2/x86_64/**module/symvers.gz
+>
+> I am going to try another reboot...
+>
+>
+> That did not help.
+Found this in the /var/log/kernel/warnings.log
+
+Aug 23 17:24:48 localhost kernel: [279707.076548] NVRM: API mismatch: the
+client has the version 295.71, but
+Aug 23 17:24:48 localhost kernel: [279707.076549] NVRM: this kernel module
+has the version 295.49.  Please
+Aug 23 17:24:48 localhost kernel: [279707.076550] NVRM: make sure that this
+kernel module and all NVIDIA driver
+Aug 23 17:24:48 localhost kernel: [279707.076550] NVRM: components have the
+same version.
+
+The 3.3.6 kernel system was already using the 295.71 driver so 295.49
+does not make a lot of sense.  This warning message is never repeated.
+It appeared only on the first attempt to boot the new kernel.
+
+Is there any way to rebuild the nvidia module against the 3.3.8 kernel
+manually (in console mode after the nvidia load failure)?
+
+Len
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