Thanks. I'm still no wiser as to why the Fedora upgrade failed. However, I'm now running using Nouveau, so I'm happy - I do not need any fast graphics (not a games user!).
The bugzilla asked me to submit a log using .. nvidia-bug-report.sh which is not on my system, so that is going nowhere. Odd no other users have reported it as a problem. Ah well. Thanks for the help regards On 29 June 2016 at 07:50, Ed Greshko <ed.gres...@greshko.com> wrote: > > > On 06/29/16 14:36, Dave Pawson wrote: >> On 29 June 2016 at 04:18, Sérgio Basto <ser...@serjux.com> wrote: >>> On Ter, 2016-06-28 at 08:19 +0100, Dave Pawson wrote: >>>> $dnf remove xorg-x11-drv-nvidia\* >>>> >>>> and I'm working again. Full graphics (so far) >>> Maybe Fedora 24 just works with nvidia beta version 367.27, because I >>> read in g+ [1] running the upstream script, one way that I not >>> recommended at all, it will write files everywhere , and will be >>> difficult revert it, but ends up with 367.27 installed and running . >>> >>> [1] >>> https://plus.google.com/111618699399766211914/posts/5zw2YsEV9xZ >>> >>> -- >>> Sérgio M. B. >> >> Of note, when I removed nvidia I saw >> >> Jun 28 08:09:34 DDEBUG Extra commands: ['xorg-x11-drv-nvidia*'] >> Jun 28 08:09:34 DDEBUG timer: sack setup: 5 ms >> Jun 28 08:09:34 DEBUG --> Starting dependency resolution >> Jun 28 08:09:34 DEBUG --> Finding unneeded leftover dependencies >> Jun 28 08:09:35 DEBUG ---> Package akmod-nvidia.x86_64 1:358.16-2.fc24 >> will be erased >> Jun 28 08:09:35 DEBUG ---> Package >> kmod-nvidia-4.5.6-200.fc23.x86_64.x86_64 1:358.16-2.fc24 will be >> erased >> Jun 28 08:09:35 DEBUG ---> Package >> kmod-nvidia-4.5.7-200.fc23.x86_64.x86_64 1:358.16-2.fc24 will be >> erased >> Jun 28 08:09:35 DEBUG ---> Package >> kmod-nvidia-4.5.7-300.fc24.x86_64.x86_64 1:358.16-2.fc24 will be >> erased >> Jun 28 08:09:35 DEBUG ---> Package xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.x86_64 >> 1:358.16-3.fc24 will be erased >> Jun 28 08:09:35 DEBUG ---> Package xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-kmodsrc.x86_64 >> 1:358.16-3.fc24 will be erased >> Jun 28 08:09:35 DEBUG ---> Package xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64 >> 1:358.16-3.fc24 will be erased >> Jun 28 08:09:35 DEBUG --> Finished dependency resolution >> >> >> Note that some packages seem (true/false?) to be FC23 related? >> Is Package kmod-nvidia-4.5.6-200.fc23.x86_64.x86_64 1:358.16-2.fc24 a >> 23 or 24 package? >> >> Could there be contention if they are fc23 packages? > > Yes, they are F23 related and No there isn't any contention. The kmod > packages are kernel > version specific. So you'll have one for each kernel installed on your > system. Since you > just recently upgraded from F23 to F24 you'll still have several F23 kernels > installed and > the associated kmod. > > > [egreshko@meimei ~]$ rpm -qa | grep ^kmod-nvidia > kmod-nvidia-4.5.7-300.fc24.x86_64-358.16-2.fc24.x86_64 > kmod-nvidia-4.5.7-200.fc23.x86_64-358.16-2.fc24.x86_64 > kmod-nvidia-4.5.6-200.fc23.x86_64-358.16-2.fc24.x86_64 > > [egreshko@meimei ~]$ rpm -q kernel > kernel-4.5.6-200.fc23.x86_64 > kernel-4.5.7-200.fc23.x86_64 > kernel-4.5.7-300.fc24.x86_64 > > Note the matching versions.... -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. Docbook FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk