Re: nvidia driver works w/ new kernel and inittab 3, but not 5

From: Clint Harshaw (clint_at_penguinsolutions.org)
Date: 04/17/04

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    Clint Harshaw wrote:
    >> Ok. Then I guess following is making trouble for you. In a previous mail
    >> you posted to have installed
    >>
    >> # rpm -qa kernel*
    >> kernel-2.4.22-1.2179.nptl
    >> kernel-source-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl
    >> kernel-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl
    >> kernel-pcmcia-cs-3.1.31-16
    >> kernel-doc-2.4.22-1.2179.nptl
    >> kernel-module-nvidia-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl-1.0.5336-0.lvn.3.1
    >> kernel-utils-2.4-9.1.101.fedora
    >> kernel-source-2.4.22-1.2179.nptl
    >> kernel-uml-2.4.18-19.8.0
    >>
    >> Uninstall kernel-source-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl, so that you have only the
    >> kernel source for kernel .2179. Normally it is enough to have only one
    >> kernel source installed. Did you manually install the packages using rpm
    >> -i? Else kernel-source would be automatically installed with rpm -U.
    >>
    >> Alexander
    >
    >
    > I did the kernel upgrade using yum update. I understand now how this
    > extraneous kernel-source could give a problem! Armed with a good night's
    > sleep, a couple of cups of coffee, and a quiet house, I'm going to have
    > a fresh shot at it now.
    >
    > Thanks very much! I'll report back when I'm done having a go at it.
    >
    > I sincerely appreciate the group's willingness to hang in there with me
    > on this.
    >
    > Clint
    >

    I wasn't successful :-(

    However, I have new information to report. I am able to get the driver
    to work immediately after compiling it with the 2179 kernel by startx in
    run level 3. But when I reboot -- whether I am in run level 3 or 5 --
    the error message below appears:

    nvidia.o module for 2.4.22-1.2179.nptl not found
    Disabling nvidia driver

    I now look back at my original post, and believe that my description of
    the symptoms was not complete. I was starting X immediately after the
    compiling of the driver, and the nvidia driver worked. While I was in X,
    I changed the run level to 5 and would reboot, only to see the nvidia
    driver not work. In other words, I do not believe I ever tested a
    *reboot* in run level 3!! I believe my current situation is a more
    accurate and complete description of the symptoms:

    - nvidia driver works in 2179 when starting X immediately after
    compiling the driver following artoo's instructions exactly.
    - nvidia.o module for the 2179 kernel isn't available when I'm booting,
    thus the driver isn't starting when X starts, no matter whether I am in
    run level 3 or 5.

    and

    - nvidia driver and module work fine when booting into 2174.

    While I'd like to get this thing going for the 2179 kernel, I wonder --
    since this is a personal home desktop with only one user, me -- if the
    security features described for the 2179 kernel, might not be of a major
    benefit to me. I've read the description of the potential vulnerability
    at this site (I got the name of the potential vulnerability from
    fedoranews.org):

    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0109

    Thus, if I can't get the nvidia.o module to load for the 2179 kernel, I
    wonder if I will be okay to use the 2174 kernel and its associated
    nvidia.o module until FC2 comes out.

    (I'm thinking out loud here, wondering if I ought to go back to having
    exclude=kernel* in my yum.conf in order to force myself to really
    seriously consider *if* I need a kernel upgrade rather than simply
    driving on full-steam-ahead and updating everything that comes along.)

    Clint 

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