On Mon, 2015-08-17 at 04:58 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 08/17/15 03:50, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Sun, 2015-08-16 at 14:37 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > > > thanks! I installed the akmod-nvidia package.. > > This generally works, however be aware that there is currently an > > issue > > when updating your system via dnf. If a new kernel is installed, > > the > > akmod system will create a new kmod rpm and then try to install it. > > Quite often the installation will fail because the calling dnf > > command > > still holds a lock on the database, but you won't know this until > > you > > reboot your nice new kernel and suddenly the video doesn't work. > > > > The workaround is to check /var/cache/akmods/nvidia/.last.log after > > a > > new kernel has been installed but before booting. If it shows an > > error > > (jump to the end of the file) you still have time to manually > > install > > the new rpm before rebooting. > > > > I was having this problem as well. But there were some recent > changes and even though the rpm isn't getting installed during the > "dnf update" phase as long as I have akmods-shutdown.service enabled > the rpm gets rebuilt and installed during the reboot.
I do have it enabled and yet last time I still had to do the manual install. At any rate the log showed an error due to locking. poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
