Re: Nvidia Upgrade Agony
Paulo Cavalcanti <[email protected]> Tue, 6 Jan 2015 07:55:33 -0200
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--===============5248956954507498591== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c04006d54f4f050bf8ce6c --001a11c04006d54f4f050bf8ce6c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Would you have this version already packaged and available somewhere, or at least, the source rpm? Thanks. On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 10:33 PM, Stephen Collier <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/01/2015 6:52 pm, Paulo Cavalcanti wrote: > > Hi, > > I need a set of nvidia rpms for an old rhel6 dell notebook with a nvidia > 8400. > > Since I upgrades to rhel 6.6, the ones I used stopped to work. > > Does anyone know what is the appropriate version now? > > Also, I have a new le novo notebook running f21. Anyone has experience > with bumblebee and nvidia optimus technology? > Definitively, nouveau did not work with bumblebee ... > > By the way, atrpms-rpm-config need to be fixed for f21. The place macros > are kept now has changed, > and the original package is creating rpm names with f21 instead of fc21. > For now, I created a symbolic > link for macros.dist to /etc/rpm. > > Thanks. > > > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 4:10 AM, Stephen Collier <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 29/12/2014 4:30 pm, Stephen Collier wrote: >> >>> On 29/12/2014 8:08 am, Larry Kennedy wrote: >>> >>>> I'm running myth 0.26.1-296 on EL6 (2.6.32-431.el6.i686) with a GT210 >>>> card and the nvidia 319.32 driver. >>>> >>>> About a week ago, I accidentally took an update to my Xorg server (now >>>> I have xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.15.0-25.el6.centos.i686), and after that I >>>> started getting a driver mismatch error (ABI 15 I seem to recall). Anyway, >>>> I've seen this before, and I believe this means the nvidia 319 driver is at >>>> a lower version than is needed, so I figured all I need is an nvidia >>>> upgrade. If I remember right, the driver from atrpms was still far enough >>>> behind to cause the ABI 15 error, so I tried kmod-nvidia from elrepo. >>>> After removing the old nvidia 319 driver, this update pulled in these >>>> nvidia libraries: >>>> >>>> nvidia-x11-drv-340.65-1.el6.elrepo.i686 >>>> kmod-nvidia-340.65-1.el6.elrepo.i686 >>>> >>>> There is no nvidia kmdl rpm installed now (as was the case before), so >>>> I am not sure if this is a problem or not. When I start the desktop, >>>> everything seems fine, and apps like Mozilla work, but none of the myth >>>> GUIs will start. I get a segmentation fault with both the mythfrontend and >>>> mythtv-setup. Even with --verbose, mythfrontend gives me nothing to work >>>> with. >>>> >>>> As a test, I also tried doing the nvidia upgrade using scrpms. With >>>> this upgrade, I was forced to move up to kernel-2.6.32-504.3.3.el6.i686, so >>>> at least I know this update is pulling in an nvidia-kmdl, unlike kmod. In >>>> the end, this upgrade attempt was less successful than the kmod upgrade in >>>> that the nvidia driver is never able to load, so the desktop never starts. >>>> At the bottom of Xorg.0.log it shows this: >>>> >>>> [ 20.723] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia" >>>> [ 20.723] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia >>>> [ 20.723] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" >>>> [ 20.723] (II) Unloading nvidia >>>> [ 20.723] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not >>>> exist, 0) >>>> [ 20.723] (EE) No drivers available. >>>> [ 20.723] (EE) Fatal server error: >>>> [ 20.723] (EE) no screens found(EE) >>>> [ 20.723] (EE) Please consult the CentOS support at >>>> http://wiki.centos.org/Documentation >>>> >>>> This seems odd since "modprobe nvidia" succeeds. I tried >>>> nvidia-xconfig to recreate the xorg.conf, but no go. Of course I am >>>> rebooting every time to get a clean start. After many attempts, it looks >>>> like kmod-nvidia 340.65 may be my best option. >>>> >>>> Is anyone aware of an issue with mythtv 0.26 and the nvidia 340.xx >>>> driver? Alternatively, if anyone has ideas on how to get the scrpms nvidia >>>> driver to work, I am open to trying that again too. >>>> >>>> I have options, but nothing looks good. Downgrading Xorg seems >>>> problematic, so I didn't go there. I suppose I could upgrade myth to >>>> version 0.27 and see what happens, but that presents some difficulty on EL6 >>>> (although I know that scrpms has compiled both myth 0.27 and the compatible >>>> version of Qt). It also triggers multiple myth upgrades for BE-FE >>>> compatibility. Another option is to go to EL7, but that requires a decent >>>> effort too since there is no good upgrade-in-place from EL6 32-bit to EL7). >>>> >>>> I apologize in advance if this post is somewhat schizophrenic. I can >>>> provide more details if anyone can lend a hand. >>>> >>>> Larry >>>> >>>> I'm sorry for the delay - I'll have a look and do some testing with my >>> el6 frontend I also upgraded a from el6 32bit to 64 as a path to el7 If you >>> want I'll send you the process. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Stephen >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> atrpms-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.atrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/atrpms-users >>> >>> I've found the problem and fixed it. The src rpms are built - the >> updated nvidia drivers will build over the next hour or so. >> >> >> Cheers >> Stephen >> >> _______________________________________________ >> atrpms-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.atrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/atrpms-users >> > > > > -- > Paulo Roma Cavalcanti > LCG - UFRJ > > > _______________________________________________ > atrpms-users mailing [email protected]://lists.atrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/atrpms-users > > Paulo, > > According to the nvidia website 340.65 should work with the 8400 GPU > > Cheers > Stephen > > _______________________________________________ > atrpms-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.atrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/atrpms-users > -- Paulo Roma Cavalcanti LCG - UFRJ --001a11c04006d54f4f050bf8ce6c Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Would you have this version already packaged and avai= lable somewhere, or at least, the source rpm?<br><br></div>Thanks.<br></div= ><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 5, 2= 015 at 10:33 PM, Stephen Collier <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:ju= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>></spa= n> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;b= order-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> =20 =20 =20 <div bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF" text=3D"#000000"><div><div class=3D"h5"> On 5/01/2015 6:52 pm, Paulo Cavalcanti wrote: <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div>Hi,<br> <br> </div> I need a set of nvidia rpms for an old rhel6 dell notebook with a nvidia 8400.<br> <br> </div> Since I upgrades to rhel 6.6, the ones I used stopped to work.<br> <br> </div> Does anyone know what is the appropriate version now?<br> <br> </div> Also, I have a new le novo notebook running f21. Anyone has experience with bumblebee and nvidia optimus technology?<br> </div> Definitively, nouveau did not work with bumblebee ...<br> <br> </div> <div>By the way, atrpms-rpm-config need to be fixed for f21. The place macros are kept now has changed,<br> </div> <div>and the original package is creating rpm names with f21 instead of fc21. For now, I created a symbolic<br> </div> <div>link for macros.dist to /etc/rpm. <br> </div> <div><br> </div> Thanks. <br> <div> <div> <div><br> =C2=A0 <br> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 4:10 AM, Stephen Collier <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:judithc@b= igpond.net.au" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;bord= er-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div> <div>On 29/12/2014 4:30 pm, Stephen Collier wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8e= x;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> On 29/12/2014 8:08 am, Larry Kennedy wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .= 8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> I'm running myth 0.26.1-296 on EL6 (2.6.32-431.el6.i686) with a GT210 card and the nvidia 319.32 driver.<br> <br> About a week ago, I accidentally took an update to my Xorg server (now I have xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.15.0-25.el6.centos.i686), and after that I started getting a driver mismatch error (ABI 15 I seem to recall).=C2=A0 Anyway, I've seen = this before, and I believe this means the nvidia 319 driver is at a lower version than is needed, so I figured all I need is an nvidia upgrade. If I remember right, the driver from atrpms was still far enough behind to cause the ABI 15 error, so I tried kmod-nvidia from elrepo.=C2=A0 After removing the old nvidia 319 driver, this update pulled in these nvidia libraries:<br> <br> nvidia-x11-drv-340.65-1.el6.elrepo.i686<br> kmod-nvidia-340.65-1.el6.elrepo.i686<br> <br> There is no nvidia kmdl rpm installed now (as was the case before), so I am not sure if this is a problem or not.=C2=A0 When I start the desktop, everything seems fine, and apps like Mozilla work, but none of the myth GUIs will start.=C2=A0 I get a segmentation fault with both the mythfrontend and mythtv-setup. Even with --verbose, mythfrontend gives me nothing to work with.<br> <br> As a test, I also tried doing the nvidia upgrade using scrpms.=C2=A0 With this upgrade, I was forced to move up to kernel-2.6.32-504.3.3.el6.i686, so at least I know this update is pulling in an nvidia-kmdl, unlike kmod.=C2=A0 In the end, this upgrad= e attempt was less successful than the kmod upgrade in that the nvidia driver is never able to load, so the desktop never starts. At the bottom of Xorg.0.log it shows this:<br> <br> [=C2=A0 =C2=A0 20.723] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia&qu= ot;<br> [=C2=A0 =C2=A0 20.723] (WW) Warning, couldn't open = module nvidia<br> [=C2=A0 =C2=A0 20.723] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia&= quot;<br> [=C2=A0 =C2=A0 20.723] (II) Unloading nvidia<br> [=C2=A0 =C2=A0 20.723] (EE) Failed to load module "= ;nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)<br> [=C2=A0 =C2=A0 20.723] (EE) No drivers available.<br> [=C2=A0 =C2=A0 20.723] (EE) Fatal server error:<br> [=C2=A0 =C2=A0 20.723] (EE) no screens found(EE)<br> [=C2=A0 =C2=A0 20.723] (EE) Please consult the CentOS s= upport at <a href=3D"http://wiki.centos.org/Documentation" tar= get=3D"_blank">http://wiki.centos.org/Documentation</a><br> <br> This seems odd since "modprobe nvidia" succee= ds.=C2=A0 I tried nvidia-xconfig to recreate the xorg.conf, but no go. Of course I am rebooting every time to get a clean start.=C2=A0 After many attempts, it looks like kmod-nvidia 340.65 may be my best option.<br> <br> Is anyone aware of an issue with mythtv 0.26 and the nvidia 340.xx driver?=C2=A0 Alternatively, if anyone ha= s ideas on how to get the scrpms nvidia driver to work, I am open to trying that again too.<br> <br> I have options, but nothing looks good.=C2=A0 Downgradi= ng Xorg seems problematic, so I didn't go there. I suppose I could upgrade myth to version 0.27 and see what happens, but that presents some difficulty on EL6 (although I know that scrpms has compiled both myth 0.27 and the compatible version of Qt). It also triggers multiple myth upgrades for BE-FE compatibility. Another option is to go to EL7, but that requires a decent effort too since there is no good upgrade-in-place from EL6 32-bit to EL7).<br> <br> I apologize in advance if this post is somewhat schizophrenic.=C2=A0 I can provide more details if anyo= ne can lend a hand.<br> <br> Larry<br> <br> </blockquote> I'm sorry for the delay - I'll have a look and do= some testing with my el6 frontend I also upgraded a from el6 32bit to 64 as a path to el7 If you want I'll sen= d you the process.<br> <br> Cheers<br> Stephen<br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> atrpms-users mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_bla= nk">[email protected]</a><br> <a href=3D"http://lists.atrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/atrpm= s-users" target=3D"_blank">http://lists.atrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/atrpms-= users</a><br> <br> </blockquote> </div> </div> I've found the problem and fixed it. The src rpms are built - the updated nvidia drivers will build over the next hour or so. <div> <div><br> <br> Cheers<br> Stephen<br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> atrpms-users mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank= ">[email protected]</a><br> <a href=3D"http://lists.atrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/atrpms-= users" target=3D"_blank">http://lists.atrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/atrpms-us= ers</a><br> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> <br> <br clear=3D"all"> <br> -- <br> <div> <div dir=3D"ltr">Paulo Roma Cavalcanti<br> LCG - UFRJ</div> </div> </div> <br> <fieldset></fieldset> <br> <pre>_______________________________________________ atrpms-users mailing list <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">atrpms-users@a= trpms.net</a> <a href=3D"http://lists.atrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/atrpms-users" target=3D= "_blank">http://lists.atrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/atrpms-users</a></pre> </blockquote></div></div> Paulo,<br> <br> According to the nvidia website 340.65 should work with the 8400 GPU<br= > <br> Cheers<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br> Stephen<br> </font></span></div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> atrpms-users mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><br> <a href=3D"http://lists.atrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/atrpms-users" target=3D= "_blank">http://lists.atrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/atrpms-users</a><br></blo= ckquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br><div class=3D"gmail_signatur= e"><div dir=3D"ltr">Paulo Roma Cavalcanti<br>LCG - UFRJ</div></div> </div> --001a11c04006d54f4f050bf8ce6c-- --===============5248956954507498591== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ atrpms-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.atrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/atrpms-users --===============5248956954507498591==--