nvidia module not loading

[Robin Laing]

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 at gmail.com>:
>>> 2016-10-04 5:33 GMT+02:00 Robin Laing <MeSat at telusplanet.net>:
>>> [...]
>>>>> 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.