Re: urgent problem: "NVIDIA kernel module missing..." [SOLVED]

On 1/1/22 2:27 AM, John Pilkington wrote: On 31/12/2021 23:01, home user wrote: Ed's solution, removing the old driver (dnf erase *nvidia*), then installing the correct driver (dnf install akmod-nvidia-470xx) worked. The problem arose when my weekly patches updated the working driver with a

Re: urgent problem: "NVIDIA kernel module missing..." [SOLVED]

On 31/12/2021 23:01, home user wrote: On 12/30/21 2:36 PM, home user wrote: (f34) I'm using my old windows-7 box to do e-mail. I did my weekly patches ("dnf upgrade") an hour ago.  After rebooting, after the rightmost rectangle turns white, I get the message "NVIDIA kernel module missing.

Re: urgent problem: "NVIDIA kernel module missing..." [SOLVED]

On 12/30/21 2:36 PM, home user wrote: (f34) I'm using my old windows-7 box to do e-mail. I did my weekly patches ("dnf upgrade") an hour ago.  After rebooting, after the rightmost rectangle turns white, I get the message "NVIDIA kernel module missing. Falling back to nouveau.". A few seconds

Re: urgent problem: "NVIDIA kernel module missing..."

On 12/30/21 8:03 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 31/12/2021 10:44, home user wrote: This brings me back to the first question I asked after the fix was installed: > In future weekly patching, will I have to do anything different? Won't the same thing happen every time (every Thursday) I do "dnf

Re: urgent problem: "NVIDIA kernel module missing..."

On 31/12/2021 10:44, home user wrote: This brings me back to the first question I asked after the fix was installed: > In future weekly patching, will I have to do anything different? Won't the same thing happen every time (every Thursday) I do "dnf upgrade", just like earlier today?  If yes, 

Re: urgent problem: "NVIDIA kernel module missing..."

On 12/30/21 7:14 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 31/12/2021 07:47, home user wrote: On 12/30/2021 2:36 PM, home user wrote: Using "Ext2explore", I was able to copy to my windows-7 admin account the logs from this afternoon's "dnf upgrade".  I chopped out everything from previous weeks' patching,

Re: urgent problem: "NVIDIA kernel module missing..."

On 31/12/2021 07:47, home user wrote: On 12/30/2021 2:36 PM, home user wrote: (f34) I'm using my old windows-7 box to do e-mail. I did my weekly patches ("dnf upgrade") an hour ago.  After rebooting, after the rightmost rectangle turns white, I get the message "NVIDIA kernel module missing.

Re: urgent problem: "NVIDIA kernel module missing..."

On 12/30/21 6:25 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 08:27 home user > wrote: Wow.  It appears to have worked.  I feared this would be much messier. I did quick tests: on-line weather satellite picture, youtube video, watched downloaded video,

Re: urgent problem: "NVIDIA kernel module missing..."

On Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 08:27 home user wrote: > On 12/30/21 4:42 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > > > Yep, that's the problem. The 495 driver doesn't support the GTX 660 any > > longer. > > > > Use the "e" thing then. > > > > sudo dnf erase *nvidia* followed by > > sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia-470xx

Re: urgent problem: "NVIDIA kernel module missing..."

On 12/30/21 4:42 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: Yep, that's the problem.  The 495 driver doesn't support the GTX 660 any longer. Use the "e" thing then. sudo dnf erase *nvidia* followed by sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia-470xx Check the file /var/cache/akmods/akmods.log to make sure the drivers

Re: urgent problem: "NVIDIA kernel module missing..."

ok, will do.  this will take some time. On 12/30/2021 4:42 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 31/12/2021 07:11, home user wrote: ok.  I did the 'e' thing.  I sent the output of the lspci and rpm commands to a text output file. After rebooting back to windows-7, I use the "Ext2explore" tool to look at

Re: urgent problem: "NVIDIA kernel module missing..."

On 12/30/2021 2:36 PM, home user wrote: (f34) I'm using my old windows-7 box to do e-mail. I did my weekly patches ("dnf upgrade") an hour ago.  After rebooting, after the rightmost rectangle turns white, I get the message "NVIDIA kernel module missing. Falling back to nouveau.". A few

Re: urgent problem: "NVIDIA kernel module missing..."

On 31/12/2021 07:11, home user wrote: ok.  I did the 'e' thing.  I sent the output of the lspci and rpm commands to a text output file.  After rebooting back to windows-7, I use the "Ext2explore" tool to look at the .txt file. Here are the contents of that filw: --- output from

Re: urgent problem: "NVIDIA kernel module missing..."

On 12/30/2021 3:21 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 31/12/2021 06:09, home user wrote: On 12/30/2021 2:54 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 31/12/2021 05:36, home user wrote: (f34) I'm using my old windows-7 box to do e-mail. I did my weekly patches ("dnf upgrade") an hour ago.  After rebooting, after the

Re: urgent problem: "NVIDIA kernel module missing..."

On 31/12/2021 06:09, home user wrote: On 12/30/2021 2:54 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 31/12/2021 05:36, home user wrote: (f34) I'm using my old windows-7 box to do e-mail. I did my weekly patches ("dnf upgrade") an hour ago.  After rebooting, after the rightmost rectangle turns white, I get the

Re: urgent problem: "NVIDIA kernel module missing..."

On 12/30/2021 3:08 PM, John Pilkington wrote: On 30/12/2021 21:36, home user wrote: (f34) I'm using my old windows-7 box to do e-mail. I did my weekly patches ("dnf upgrade") an hour ago.  After rebooting, after the rightmost rectangle turns white, I get the message "NVIDIA kernel module

Re: urgent problem: "NVIDIA kernel module missing..."

On 12/30/2021 2:54 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 31/12/2021 05:36, home user wrote: (f34) I'm using my old windows-7 box to do e-mail. I did my weekly patches ("dnf upgrade") an hour ago.  After rebooting, after the rightmost rectangle turns white, I get the message "NVIDIA kernel module

Re: urgent problem: "NVIDIA kernel module missing..."

On 30/12/2021 21:36, home user wrote: (f34) I'm using my old windows-7 box to do e-mail. I did my weekly patches ("dnf upgrade") an hour ago.  After rebooting, after the rightmost rectangle turns white, I get the message "NVIDIA kernel module missing. Falling back to nouveau.". A few seconds

Re: urgent problem: "NVIDIA kernel module missing..."

On 31/12/2021 05:36, home user wrote: (f34) I'm using my old windows-7 box to do e-mail. I did my weekly patches ("dnf upgrade") an hour ago.  After rebooting, after the rightmost rectangle turns white, I get the message "NVIDIA kernel module missing. Falling back to nouveau.". A few seconds

urgent problem: "NVIDIA kernel module missing..."

(f34) I'm using my old windows-7 box to do e-mail. I did my weekly patches ("dnf upgrade") an hour ago.  After rebooting, after the rightmost rectangle turns white, I get the message "NVIDIA kernel module missing. Falling back to nouveau.". A few seconds later, the 3 rectangles turn orange.