[elrepo] Nvidia GeForce GTX675m - No login screen after upgrading to Centos6.4/kmod-nvidia-310.44

[John Adegbile]

I don't think the issue is memory/disk related. The symptoms I've seen
point towards an issue with kmod-nvidia/Centos 64/my nvidia card (GeForce
GTX675m). If I insert my last good backup disc ( Centos6.3 /
2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.x86_64), I get to X every time.

Currently with kmod-nvidia-310.44-1/2.6.32-358.6.1.el6.x86_64, I
consistently do not get to to X.

After booting to runlevel 3, I've tried running "startx", but the screen
just hangs. Nothing is written to Xorg.0.log. The only indication of an
issue is in the  syslog:
...
nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel
loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  310.44  Wed Mar 27 14:51:30 PDT
2013
...




On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Phil Perry <phil at elrepo.org> wrote:

> On 09/05/13 16:56, John Adegbile wrote:
>
>> Think you're right about the vmXXX modules.
>>
>> Still, it's now hit and miss whether or not I can get into X. If I reboot
>> the machine 4 times successively, I'll get to X-Win 2 of those times and
>> the other 2 times, my screen just hangs. Not sure why this is...
>>
>>
>>
> My best guess here is that you have other issues - maybe some form of
> corruption occurring.
>
> The errors with the VMware modules is simply highlighted when installing
> any kmod package due to the scripts that are run, so any module errors will
> get flagged up. The errors are not necessarily related to the kmod you have
> just installed/updated (nvidia in this case), this process merely
> highlights the errors. There is a dummy testing kmod package called
> kmod-hellop in the elrepo-testing repository. I bet if you install and
> uninstall that package you will see the same errors flagged up.
>
> I would try verifying and/or reinstalling those VMware modules.
>
> I would also try running some memory and/or disk based diagnostic checks
> on your system. Have you noticed any other strange / unexplained behaviour
> lately?
>
> Regards,
>
> Phil
>
> PS - a full reboot is always advisable after installing / updating the
> nvidia package.
>
>
>
>  On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 6:43 AM, John Adegbile <johnadegbile at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Some progress with this. I went to runlevel 3 and removed kmod-nvidia
>>>> and
>>>> dependencies. I then rebooted and re-installed kmod-nvidia and
>>>>
>>> dependencies.
>>>
>>>> Whilst re-installing, there were some errors displayed whilst yum was
>>>> installing kmod-nvidia. The errors were:
>>>>
>>>> Can't read module /lib/modules/2.6.32-358.6.1.**
>>>> el6.x86_64/misc/vmnet.ko
>>>>
>>> Exec
>>>
>>>> format error
>>>> Can't read module /lib/modules/2.6.32-358.6.1.**
>>>> el6.x86_64/misc/vmmon.ko
>>>>
>>> Exec
>>>
>>>> format error
>>>> Can't read module /lib/modules/2.6.32-358.6.1.**
>>>> el6.x86_64/misc/vmblock.ko
>>>> Exec format error
>>>> Can't read module /lib/modules/2.6.32-358.6.1.**el6.x86_64/misc/vmci.ko
>>>>
>>> Exec
>>>
>>>> format error
>>>>
>>>> I then executed init 5 and then typed in "startx" but I got an error:
>>>> Fatal error inserting nvidia
>>>> /lib/modules/2.6.32-358.6.1.**el6.x86_64/weak-updates/**nvidia/nvidia.ko
>>>> No
>>>>
>>> such
>>>
>>>> device.
>>>>
>>>> I then decided to just reboot the machine and I was then able to get to
>>>>
>>> get
>>>
>>>> into X. I've had a look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log and I can't see any
>>>>
>>> errors.
>>>
>>>> I'm just concerned about those errors that were generated during the
>>>> installation of kmod-nvidia.
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>
>>> I suppose those vmXX modules are from VMware.
>>>
>>> Akemi
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