On 02/16/14 06:06, Christopher Thielen wrote: > I believe I followed the instructions at > http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2011/fedora-16-nvidia-drivers-install-guide-disable-nouveau-driver/ > which are admittedly out of date. > > I _did_ have a /usr/lib/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf, thanks for > suggesting that. I deleted it and rebooted: the updated kernel then seems to > have modprobe'd nouveau about 1/3 of the way through the text-based progress > bar and X.org did then use the Nouveau driver, use the correct resolution, > etc. > > The text-based progress bar still bugged me though so I tried removing the > latest kernel again and re-installing it. That did it. > > Everything works fine now. Not sure why I'd need to remove the newer kernel > again but it's all working.
The reason removing and re-installing the new kernel got it working is that during that process "dracut" is run to generate a new initramfs which would still have the blacklist. You could have manually run "dracut" and fixed it that way as well. Happy to hear all is well. -- Getting tired of non-Fedora discussions and self-serving posts -- 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
