Re: nvidia module not loading

On 04/10/16 19:53, Robin Laing wrote: > On 04/10/16 00:21, Nicolas Chauvet wrote: >> 2016-10-04 8:20 GMT+02:00 Nicolas Chauvet <kwizart(a)gmail.com&gt;: >>> 2016-10-04 5:33 GMT+02:00 Robin Laing <MeSat(a)telusplanet.net&gt;: >>> [...] >>>>> you did the *mandatory* "grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg" >>>>> after >>>>> changing that file? >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Yes I did. >>>> >>>> Made no difference. >>>> >>>> I tried with F23 and no issues. >>> Please remove, then re-install the driver, something is broken with >>> your setup. >>> You are not supposed to run grub2-mkconfig yourslef (it's handled by >>> the driver installation). >>> BTW, are you using an EFI boot ? >> Also once re-installed, please attach the output of >> nvidia-bug-report.sh to our bugzilla >> That will have all the information I need to debug the problem. >> >> >> > > I will submit the bug report later tonight when I can get on the > machine. Is there a particular bug or should I create one. > > > I wanted to use EFI but with the change in kernel and signed modules. I > didn't get it working. It was a new machine this spring after a fight > with a couple of defective Gigabyte MBs. I was not in any mood to fight > with the kernel. > > The machine needs Windows for two games that won't work in Wine due to > the anti-cheat software. > > From what I can see, the akmod didn't build the rpm properly and thus > didn't install it properly. After building the kmod rpm, removing the > old one and installing the new one, a reboot worked. > > Thanks for the help. > > Robin > Someone had already submitted a bug report on an earlier version of the software from this spring. (bug 4024). I just attached my issue to that bug.