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Subject:    Re: crippling nvidia display issue.
From:       "Michael D. Setzer II via users" <users () lists ! fedoraproject ! org>
Date:       2024-04-14 14:29:38
Message-ID: 661BE852.14179.66AD374 () mikes ! guam ! net
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On 14 Apr 2024 at 12:47, John Pilkington wrote:

Date sent:      	Sun, 14 Apr 2024 12:47:57 +0100
Subject:        	Re: crippling nvidia display issue.
From:           	John Pilkington <johnpilk222@gmail.com>
To:             	users@lists.fedoraproject.org
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> On 12/04/2024 12:58, John Pilkington wrote:
> > On 12/04/2024 00:52, home user wrote:
> > > On 4/11/24 5:39 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> > > > On 4/11/24 16:36, home user wrote:
> > > > > On 4/11/24 5:31 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> > > > > > On 4/11/24 16:05, home user wrote:
> > > > > > > /tmp/akmodsbuild.2VNb1GB1/BUILD/nvidia-470xx-kmod-470.223.02/_kmod_build_6.8.4-100.fc38.x86_64/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c:748:40: \
> > > > > > > error: 'DRM_UNLOCKED' undeclared here (not in a function); did you mean \
> > > > > > > 'VM_LOCKED'?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > There has been a kernel change of some sort.  The driver needs to 
> > > > > > be updated to match the kernel.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > You will not get this driver to build on any newer kernels.
> > > > > > -- 
> > > > > 
> > > > > So realistically, my only practical choice is what Todd suggested, 
> > > > > "to just switch to the stuff Nvidia provides directly"?
> > > > 
> > > > Unless there's a hope of the rpmfusion package getting updated, it 
> > > > looks like it.  I'm not really familiar with akmods, but maybe you 
> > > > could just update the source somehow.
> > > 
> > > I'm not a systems administrator.  I need someone to step me through 
> > > the full switch in detail.
> > > Reminders:
> > > This is a dual boot (Fedora-38 and windows-7) stand-alone work 
> > > station; it's 11 years old.
> > > I have only one old kernel, and no rescue kernel.
> > > The graphics card is an nvidia GeForce GTX 660.
> > > (anything else?)
> > 
> > I have two systems affected by this, and have posted about it on the 
> > rpmfusion and fedora-kde lists.  I'm having trouble accessing the 
> > rpmfusion archive, so maybe a comment here is in order.
> > 
> > Both systems have GeForce GT 710 cards.  This is low-spec, not for 
> > gamers, and I've been using the rpmfusion 470xx drivers for years.  I 
> > upgraded from F38 to F39 around 2 weeks ago.
> > 
> > AIUI we are moving from X11 graphics towards Wayland, which the nvidia 
> > driver will not support; but nouveau might.  So I've been trying it.
> > 
> > On one box it's working acceptably, with VGA nad HDMI screens. 
> > Single-boot F39.
> > 
> > The other box is dual-boot with Windows 10.  I can boot into Fedora only 
> > with 'nomodeset', when I get a single screen HDMI 800x600 which seems 
> > fine but limited.  I can run MythTV frontend with --geometry 
> > 720x504+40+20
> > 
> > The biggest worry is getting past a frozen boot, so I don't want to make 
> > any recommendations.  I have removed all the *nvidia* rpms except 
> > nvidia-gpu-firmware, and installed nouveau-firmware from the 
> > rpmfusion-nonfree-tainted repo.
> > 
> > Maybe the rpmfusion team will make the old system work soon, or maybe 
> > the even-older but just-updated 340xx driver would work.  I'll try 
> > living with what I have for now.
> 
> After kernel and firmware updates today the behaviour of both systems, 
> using nouveau, seems essentially unchanged from the report above. 
> kernel now is 6.8.5-201.fc39.x86-64
> 
> If the 'nomodeset' is edited out in grub, a reboot of the dual-boot box 
> still hangs almost immediately.
> 
> I've removed the claim that mythleanfront works with mythbackend on the 
> dual-boot box.  I think that was mistaken, and a local permissions issue.
> > 
> > HTH
> > 
> > John P
> > 
> > 
> > 
> --

Just as an additional note. I have an older Acer notebook that has 
an NVIDIA GT 650M that had been working fine with the 
rpmfusion driver. Have BOINC using its GPU for a project. 
After recent kernel upgrade, I noticed it was no longer working. 
Tried reinstalling the rpm and it fails to build, so goes to fallback 
of noveum? driver. Went to NVIDIA site, and downloaded what I 
believe was the correct driver for the GT 650M, but it also fails to 
build? Currently 17 timezones away from machine. In GMT -0700, 
while machine is in GMT +1000, so accessing remotely via 
TurboVNC. So, not sure if this is a kernel issue, or the driver issue, 
but seems neither rpmfusiong or nvidia's driver will work any 
longer? I've got other machines that have new nvidia cards, and 
they are working with a different rpmfusing nvidia rpm.

Perhaps I'm missing something. Thanks. Otherwise machines fully 
updated with no issues.




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