Bug 9425

Summary:	Update to nvidia304.84 requires manual invoking of dkms and breaks virtual terminals
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Martin Spiegel <mnspiegel>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Thomas Backlund <tmb>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Description Martin Spiegel 2013-03-16 23:41:08 CET

Description of problem:
Today rpmdrake offered me some updates including nvidia304.84 and kernel-3.8.3. After installing the updates and rebooting the system (which is configured to start the x.org stuff automatically) I ended up at the command line. Trying to load the nvidia module manually via "modprobe nvidia" failed with an error message complaining about unresolved symbols. I had to run the following commands to get back a working graphical environment:
1. dkms build -m nvidia304 -v 304.84-1.mga3.nonfree
2. dkms install -m nvidia304 -v 304.84-1.mga3.nonfree --force

Now my KDE dsktop is back, however the virtual terminals are now broken. Pressing STRG+ALT+F2...6 simply results in a black screen. Additionally, during shutdown the splash screen is completely messed up.  

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
dkms-nvidia304.84-1.mga3.nonfree
nvidia304-kernel-3.8.3-desktop-1.mga3
nvidia304-kernel-desktop-latest
x11-driver-video-nvidia304
kernel-desktop-3.8.3-1.mga3â

Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:

Manuel Hiebel 2013-03-17 01:02:25 CET

Assignee: bugsquad => tmb
Severity: normal => major

Comment 1 Martin Spiegel 2013-03-21 01:22:25 CET

> Now my KDE dsktop is back, however the virtual terminals are now broken.
> Pressing STRG+ALT+F2...6 simply results in a black screen. 

This seems to be a problem of the nvidia driver 304.84 itself:

https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/534599/linux/-304-84-when-switching-from-x-session-to-tty-1-6-display-gets-no-signal/

Severity: major => normal

Comment 2 Martin Spiegel 2013-04-09 16:42:16 CEST

(In reply to Martin Spiegel from comment #1)
> > Now my KDE dsktop is back, however the virtual terminals are now broken.
> > Pressing STRG+ALT+F2...6 simply results in a black screen. 
> 
> This seems to be a problem of the nvidia driver 304.84 itself:
> 
> https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/534599/linux/-304-84-when-switching-
> from-x-session-to-tty-1-6-display-gets-no-signal/

Update to most recent nvidia304 version (304.88) which is already available as Mageia rpm fixes the problem

Comment 3 Martin Spiegel 2013-04-09 16:43:37 CEST

See comment above

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED