On 10/03/2014 01:12 PM, jd1008 wrote: > > On 10/03/2014 12:45 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> On 10/03/14 10:18, jd1008 wrote: >>> On 10/02/2014 07:16 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >>>> At this point, if I were you, I'd create a bootable LIVE USB or a LIVE CD >>>> from the F20 release and boot it and see if it works. >>> Definitely worth a try. >>> >> Yes, and then you can compare the logs.... >> >> If you did keep the "rescue" grub entry you could boot into that and try >> your "experiments" with loading modules. You'll probably >> have to extract and replace the /usr/lib/modules/whatever-kernel directory >> from the initramfs as that was probably removed (or >> cleaned out) when the kernel related to the "rescue" boot was removed. >> >> Of course, this would assume that when the system was first installed you >> hadn't installed the rpmfusion packages until at least >> the next kernel update. Otherwise, the initramfs would contain rpmfusion >> bits. >> > It turns out that when I had installed the rpmfusion nvidia packages, the > initramfs > of 3.14.0-200 was saved as /boot/initramfs-3.14.9-200.fc20.x86_64-nouveau.img > So, I committed a desperate act of > mv initramfs-3.16.3-200.fc20.x86_64.img > initramfs-3.16.3-200.fc20.x86_64.img.not > cp -f initramfs-3.14.9-200.fc20.x86_64-nouveau.img > initramfs-3.16.3-200.fc20.x86_64.img > > and rebooted. > > And my resolution is now correct. > > Question: > > Will this "working" initramfs prevail when a new kernel is installed via > updates? > So can we assume that what he has done here is to take a working initramfs with the nouveau module loaded (albeit a 3.14 kernel) and runs it at bootup time and the system can also find /usr/lib/modules/3.14.0-200.fc20.x86_64/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko and that is why nouveau is working again? Are we sure that the 3.16.3-200 initramfs (original) was, in fact for the 3.16.3 kernel or could it be that that initramfs was also screwed up (much like the 3.14.0 / 3.14.9 debacle) and *that's why when he was trying to insmod /usr/lib/modules/3.116.3-200.fc20.x86_64/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau.ko it couldn't load the module? If one initramfs got screwed up whose to say they *all aren't screwed up? And if that's the case then there is no way that Fedora would be able to automagically figure out loading of modules, etc.
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