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

[Fred Smith]

On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 05:43:48PM +0000, Phil Perry wrote:
> 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

Yup! that's the plan. thanks for your help!


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