Re: System only boots to read-only

Margaret,

Doll, Margaret Ann wrote:
>
> I first tried

> NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.64.run  which was running fine on the computer
> without problems.
>
> I then ran  VIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.60.run.   This is the version that I am
> currently using on the "problem" computer.
>
> Along the way with many attempts, I received error messages such as
>
> NVIDIA kernel module ha version 256.44 but the NVIDIA driver componet has
> version 304.64

Right - it's telling you that you can't just copy from one server to
another, unless they're *absolutely* identical hardware and o/s.
>
> Another error message with another attempt to get the display working  --
> ABI versions are not in agreement.
>
> The current directory /usr/lib64/xorg/modules contains
>
<snip>>

> I kept the old link for libwfb.so as libwfb.old.so in case I had to
> backtrack.
>
Bad, bad. Don't do that. Running the Nvidia package rebuilds the drivers,
all of them, against the current running kernel.

Every time you install a new kernel, you need to rebuild (like I just did
on my own workstation when I got back to work this morning).

       mark

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