Re: nvidia-304xx is broken

On 02/01/16 00:50, David A. De Graaf wrote: > I wrote the inquiry below to the fedora users maillinglist > but there was no response except a suggestion to ask here, > so this is it. I recently had a problem with the nvidia-340xx. I would only get a blank screen with no X being started. I did not check the logs I just did what has worked for me in the past. 1. dnf erase *nvidia* 2. reboot (You could either boot to gui using nouveau or multi-user mode) 3. dnf install akmod-nvidia-340xx (In your case akmod-nvidia-304xx 4. reboot > > Since writing the text below, another Fedora 23 > kernel-4.3.3-303.fc23.x86_64 made an appearance, along with a new > kmod-nvidia-304xx-4.3.3-303.fc23.x86_64-304.131-1.fc23.x86_64 > but they exhibit the identical fault. > > ****** > The latest two kernels and the nvidia-304xx module are incompatible. > That is, the nvidia.ko module built by akmod-nvidia-304xx won't load. > That means that my three machines with older nvidia video cards (one > built into the mobo) are stuck running the old > >> kernel-4.2.8-300.fc23.x86_64 > kernel-4.3.3-300.fc23.x86_64 > kernel-4.3.3-301.fc23.x86_64 > > In the past, incompatibilities were resolved in about a week. > This time, it's nearly a month. No new package of akmod-nvidia-304xx > or kmod-nvidia-304xx has shown up at the > rpmfusion-nonfree-updates[-testing] repo. > > The akmod-nvidia-340xx module on another machine that needs it runs fine. > > Does anyone have a clue when this older version of the nvidia module > might be fixed? > > Here are the error messages with the newer kernel: > > Console error message when trying to run 'startxfce': > > (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" > modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia': Unknown symbol in module, > or unknown parameter (see dmesg) > > > From dmesg: > > ... > [ 12.563315] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. > [ 12.563325] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint > [ 12.573867] nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_del (err 0) > [ 12.573977] nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_add (err 0) > ... > [ 31.162308] nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_del (err 0) > [ 31.162397] nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_add (err 0) > ... > [ 81.656643] nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_del (err 0) > [ 81.656736] nvidia: Unknown symbol mtrr_add (err 0) > >