On Mon, 2015-03-16 at 09:26 +0100, Frédéric Bron wrote:
> > Installed the latest stable kernel using yum. On booting, a few seconds
> > after the splash screen, I get a solitary blinking cursor.
> > Rebooting with the previous version (3.18.8-201) works fine.
> > Video is an Nvidia GT630 using the kmod-nvidia driver.
>
> for me, I always have to run 'yum update' twice. The first time, I get
> the new kernel from fedora, then I need to reboot and do 'yum update'
> again for the nvidia driver. Sometimes, the graphical interface does
> not start after the reboot. Can you switch to a terminal window with
> Ctrl+Alt+F#? If so, try to log as root, do yum update and reboot.
Thanks, the normal yum update I do every day sorted it out.
The info for kmod-nvidia says:
This is a meta-package without payload which sole purpose is to require
the
nvidia kernel module(s) for the newest kernel.
to make sure you get it together with a new kernel.
Either I'm misunderstanding what that comment says, or it isn't doing
what it's supposed to.
poc
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