[SOLVED] akmod-nvidia fails me on 3.3.0-4fc16.x86_64

[Delayline]

Originally Posted by leepaul

Remove the lot and start again

su
yum erase *\nvidia\*
yum install akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686

wait a minute or two then reboot.

Am I correct? I must install the xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 on x86_64 architecture?

[GillesC]

Originally Posted by Delayline

Am I correct? I must install the xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 on x86_64 architecture?

It worked for me.

[bob]

Yes, it's even called for on the Guide: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=204752

Originally Posted by Delayline

Am I correct? I must install the xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 on x86_64 architecture?

You only need the i686 libs if you intend to run 32 bit applications.

[Magickman]

Originally Posted by esau999

Yes, you're right - I know I'm getting old when I say it's getting late...and, you're definitely right: it's getting late.
So....for the morning:
you did this, right:

su 
yum remove akmod-nvidia

And then did this:

su
yum erase xorg-x11-drv-nouveau
mv  /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko        /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.txt
mv /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r)-nouveau.img
dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)

And then did this:

su -
sed -i '/root=/s|$| rdblacklist=nouveau nouveau.modeset=0|' /boot/grub/grub.conf
mv /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r)-nouveau.img
dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)

And then followed leigh123linux's instructions to the letter for F16?

This is what I did, and it fixed me.

I tried that, un-inststalled akmod, then installed it again, and tried "akmod --force," and it said, "command not found." Still won't start, either.

[TrickyHarry]

Dear Folks,

I had had this akmods service not start in Fedora 16 for all of its life. I have just tested the same sequence of tasks in Fedora 17 and the akmods service does not fail, the service works !!.

# rpm -qa |grep akmod
akmod-nvidia-295.53-1.fc17.1.x86_64
akmods-0.4.0.4.fc17.noarch

How can we use this fact in Fedora 16 ???
-- this now outside of my Linux knowledge

Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by StephenH

Have you tried going to http://rpmfusion.org/ and downloading the kmod-nvidia directly? That's what I did to get my system going when it failed for me. Also, try uninstalling and reinstalling akmods. That may help.# rpm -qa | grep nvidia
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-290.10-1.fc16.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-3.3.0-4.fc16.x86_64-290.10-2.fc16.2.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-290.10-2.fc16.2.x86_64
nvidia-xconfig-1.0-11.fc16.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-290.10-1.fc16.i686
akmod-nvidia-290.10-2.fc16.2.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-290.10-1.fc16.x86_64
nvidia-settings-1.0-13.fc16.x86_64
# rpm -qa |grep akmod
akmod-nvidia-290.10-2.fc16.2.x86_64
akmods-0.3.8-3.fc16.noarch

These are the latest under RPM Fusion (Fedora - nonfree) 16 (x86_64)updates listing:
2012-03-22: akmod-nvidia-290.10-2.fc16.2
2012-03-22: kmod-nvidia-290.10-2.fc16.2
2012-03-22: kmod-nvidia-3.3.0-4.fc16.x86_64-290.10-2.fc16.2


Edit: Congratulations Bob. Unfortunately, I can't help you with the catalytic converter. My sympathies.