On 12/30/2021 3:21 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 31/12/2021 06:09, home user wrote:
> On 12/30/2021 2:54 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 31/12/2021 05:36, home user wrote:
>>> (f34)
>>>
>>> I'm using my old windows-7 box to do e-mail.
>>>
>>> I did my weekly patches ("dnf upgrade") an hour ago. After
>>> rebooting, after the rightmost rectangle turns white, I get the
>>> message "NVIDIA kernel module missing. Falling back to nouveau.". A
>>> few seconds later, the 3 rectangles turn orange. Then the screens
>>> go black and nothing further happens. I have to use the reset
>>> button on the top of the tower. The behavior is the same no matter
>>> which of the 3 grub menu Fedora entries I choose. No luck with the
>>> rescue mode (f30). I do have an f31 live USB stick, but that has
>>> no e-mail client.
>>>
>>> How do I get my f34 working properly? All I have to work with is
>>> windows-7 (this is a dual-boot workstation) and the f31 live USB
>>> stick. Please keep in mind that I'm a "home user" with no
>>> sys.admin. training. My sys.admin. skills are *very* basic.
>>>
>>
>> Either boot your system to level 3, or switch to a terminal,
>>
>> Then, show what nVidia HW you have.
>
> How do I do those 2 steps?
>
> If it helps, the windows-7 control panel -> hardware and sound ->
> NVIDIA Control Panel says I have GeForce GTX 660. It would have been
> bought in 2013.
You can boot and when the kernel selection comes up type "e" and then
add "3" to to linux line and the "control-X"
Or, boot normally and use "control-Alt-F3" to get to a terminal. This
may or may not work for you.
Use lspci and find the line the line for nvidia or use "lspci | grep
-i nvidia"
>
>>
>> Then do "rpm -qa | grep nvidia"
That is the most important part. The GTX 660 requires the 470xx drivers.
>>
>> Have you gotten the nVidia stuff from rpmFusion?
>>
> If I remember correctly, I got the nVidia stuff from rpmFusion back
> in 2013. I see "kmod" being patched/updated almost every time I do
> the weekly "dnf update".
ok. I did the 'e' thing. I sent the output of the lspci and rpm
commands to a text output file. After rebooting back to windows-7, I
use the "Ext2explore" tool to look at the .txt file. Here are the
contents of that filw:
---------------
output from
lspci | grep -i nvidia > nvidia_prob.txt:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK106 [GeForce GTX
660] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK106 HDMI Audio Controller
(rev a1)
==============================================================================
output from
rpm -qa | grep -i nvidia >> nvidia_prob.txt
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-kmodsrc-495.46-1.fc34.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-libs-495.46-1.fc34.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-495.46-1.fc34.i686
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-495.46-1.fc34.x86_64
nvidia-settings-495.46-1.fc34.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-495.46-1.fc34.x86_64
akmod-nvidia-495.46-1.fc34.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-5.15.11-100.fc34.x86_64-495.46-1.fc34.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-5.15.10-100.fc34.x86_64-495.46-1.fc34.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-5.15.7-100.fc34.x86_64-495.46-1.fc34.x86_64
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