Fedora 24

[Dave Pawson]

On 25 June 2016 at 18:37, Another Sillyname <anothersname at googlemail.com> wrote:
> yumex not yum
>
> use yumex as it has a great search facility, this then allows you to
> identify the driver and install either from yumex or from dnf as per
> your own preference.


So for my card which driver please  - using yumex
(please excuse my ignorance)


regards


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>
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> On 25 June 2016 at 18:31, Dave Pawson <dave.pawson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 25 June 2016 at 18:19, Another Sillyname <anothersname at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> Depends on the version of the card.
>>>
>>> In F23 do......
>>>
>>> rpm -qa | grep nvidia
>>>
>>> see which version of the driver you installed.
>>
>> $ rpm -qa | grep nvidia
>> kmod-nvidia-4.5.7-300.fc24.x86_64-358.16-2.fc24.x86_64
>> kmod-nvidia-4.5.6-200.fc23.x86_64-358.16-2.fc24.x86_64
>> akmod-nvidia-358.16-2.fc24.x86_64
>> xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-kmodsrc-358.16-3.fc24.x86_64
>> xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-358.16-3.fc24.x86_64
>> kmod-nvidia-4.5.7-200.fc23.x86_64-358.16-2.fc24.x86_64
>> xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-358.16-3.fc24.x86_64
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Then in F24, load yumex and search for nvidia, install the same driver.
>>
>> yum? Not dnf? Sorry, I don't follow what's happening here?
>>
>> Found the old fix, was akmods --force, but fails now with
>> akmods line 147 ulimit core file size cannot modify limit: invalid arg.
>> checking kmods for 4.5.7-300.fc24.x86_64 [OK]
>>
>> Follow that with the reboot and I'm back at "Oh no, something has gone
>> wrong" screen.
>>
>>
>> regards
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 25 June 2016 at 18:12, Dave Pawson <dave.pawson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Updated as per https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DNF_system_upgrade
>>>>
>>>> I have an nvidia graphics card.
>>>>
>>>> Mid boot after install I got the 'oops, fail' message.
>>>>
>>>> With Fedora 23 I was using a command to update
>>>> the driver (I think) from rpmfusion. I made a note...
>>>> but can't find it.
>>>>
>>>> Booted back into F23 and working again.
>>>>
>>>> Would someone remind me of the 'update' option
>>>> to get my nvidia card working in F24 please?
>>>>
>>>> TiA
>>>>
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