[elrepo] Nvidia drivers vs EL 7.3 vs Folding At Home

[Phil Perry]

On 17/12/16 17:33, Fred Smith wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 11:08:44AM +0000, Phil Perry wrote:
>> On 17/12/16 01:22, Fred Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all!
>>>
>>> I stupidly updated my Centos box to Centos 7.3, having forgotten that
>>> the Folding At Home client is effectively broken with the 375.20
>>> nvidia drivers.
>>>
>>> As has been posted on this emial list, the older versions of the
>>> nvidia bits aren't compatible with the kernel in EL7.3.
>>>
>>> So, is there a way I can go back to an earlier driver? Can you do a
>>> build of the previous driver against 7.3?
>>>
>>> if not, would it work if I installed the blob that Nvidia offers
>>> for that older driver?
>>>
>>> thanks for any help you can give!
>>>
>>> Fred
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Hi Fred,
>>
>> Is this a known issue that is going to be fixed (by nvidia)? I've
>
> Yes, it is known. Reportedly, the FAH folks are working "closely"
> with Nvidia to resolve it. Time will tell.
>
>> just released updated 375.26 drivers that fix a number of bugs -
>> maybe they fix the issue?
>
> No, they haven't fixed the problem.
>
>>
>> The last 367.57 release was rebuilt against the RHEL7.3 kernel - the
>> package you want in kmod-nvidia-367.57-2
>
> got it, its installed and running.
>
> Some of the Work Units from FAH worked on the new drivers, but many
> did not. I am currently finishing up one of the ones that did work, so
> once it gets the next WU we'll see.
>
> But it should work, this version always did, before my 7.3 upgrade.
>
>>
>> (note the -2)
>>
>> So try the following:
>>
>> yum erase kmod-nvidia nvidia-x11-drv
>> yum install kmod-nvidia-367.57-2.el7.elrepo.x86_64
>>
>> and then reboot to your EL7.3 kernel
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>>
>> Phil
>
> Thanks again, Phil, I appreciate your assistance!
>

Great, glad you've got a working version.

So presumably you'll just stick with that version now until your bug 
gets resolved and you are able to update again.

Phil