[Discuss] Unable to boot after nvidia install

Wed Jul 1 02:01:18 EDT 2015

David & Scott,

I finally figured out how to temporarily edit Grub and force a command 
line boot. The akmods --force did nothing for me. So after that I 
uninstalled x11 and am now able to boot into my gui desktop which is 
where I am sending this email from. So next step I think will be to try 
the 304 driver I think and see if it acts any differently.

Rob

On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 9:12 AM, david <david at eder.us> wrote:
> I don't know if this is relevant, but when we updated on my son's 
> computer, the akmod failed.  It needed recompiled, but was unwilling 
> to try again.  I told it to
> 
> akmods --force
> 
> and then rebooted.  It works again.
> 
> David.
> 
> 
> 
> On 2015-06-29 10:03 am, Robert Potter wrote:
> 
>> Scott:
>> 
>> rpmfusion should have some instructions somewhere... I was following 
>> the rpmfusion instructions. Or so I thought..lol 
>> (http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia)
>> 
>> I doubt strongly your OS has gone bad... it is just your X11 setup 
>> has been told to use nVidia and it isn't working for you... so you 
>> have to tell it not to use it. This is my thinking/hope but the only 
>> way this is possible that I can see is if I can figure out how to 
>> boot to a command line so I can issue the uninstall X11 command or 
>> try and force a different version of the driver. So far my searches 
>> pull up similar issues others are dealing with, but no instructions 
>> on how to get to command line if you can't boot into the OS at all.
>> 
>> So far as being convoluted... as far as I know... it's just a 
>> package installation like any other... or is it different? I admit, 
>> this is largely out of my frustration. But I am arrogant enough to 
>> feel I am still right and Linux would be better if they did it my 
>> way...lol. With Ubuntu and openSUSE it's pretty easy as long as 
>> development hasn't screwed anything up (thats you Ubuntu). You can 
>> download the package and install it or mark the proprietary driver 
>> for install and it's done. But I can't get a straight answer on the 
>> ability to instal using fedora. There is probably at least 3 
>> different various install methods that I have found and the 
>> rpmfusion one might be the easiest looking and even that to a noob 
>> would be pretty daunting, especially if it goes south like it 
>> appears to have done with me. I have seen multiple instructions that 
>> require you to print off the documentation (for probably many users) 
>> because you will have a solid page of command line instructions of 
>> which you have to do multiple reboots and kill off GUI (init 3 vs 5) 
>> and uninstall or disable the default windowing system. It's a mess 
>> in my opinion compared to other Linux distributions. And never mind 
>> the ease of doing so for someone coming over from a Windows computer 
>> or even OSX.
>> 
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> David,
>> 
>> Based on "/sbin/lspci | grep VGA" and past look-up's I have done, I 
>> should have been able to use the 340xx driver. I have the GeForce 
>> 8600 series. But I am fine trying to use the 304 if it is more 
>> stable or will just work. But I have to be able to get back into my 
>> system first. How can I force a boot into init 3 mode if I have no 
>> way of booting off any previous kernel or off of the repair kernel? 
>> Is there a file I can edit via live boot disk that once edited will 
>> allow the system to auto boot into init 3 so that i can  gain access 
>> to the command line and make the needed changes to my system?
>> 
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> 
>> Rob
>> 
>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 6:47 AM, david <david at eder.us> wrote:
>>> This may be because you have installed the wrong version of the 
>>> driver.  If your video card is not really new, you need to use the 
>>> legacy driver.  You have to look up your card on nvidia's driver 
>>> page.  Then install the right one from rpmfusion.  Or, you could 
>>> just try them all, there's only three.  There's the nvidia driver, 
>>> the nvidia 340 and the nvidia 304.   I use the 304, as my computer 
>>> is now a few years old.
>>> 
>>> David.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2015-06-29 1:09 am, Robert Potter wrote:
>>> 
>>>> help! :) I finally took the plunge and tried installing the 
>>>> stupidly convoluted rpm fusion nvidia install. At first I thought 
>>>> I had a working set up upon reboot. I even saw the nvidia splash 
>>>> screen...and that was the last graphical element I ever got to see 
>>>> again. All I got after that was a black screen. So I finally gave 
>>>> up and thought I would try uninstalling the driver so I attempted 
>>>> to bot using the recovery option. No dice, error message loop. So 
>>>> I then tried booting into the previous two kernels... Still no 
>>>> luck. As it sits now it appears that I have a hashed OS.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> So my hope is that you all can offer me some guidance so I can 
>>>> hopefully repair things without a reinstall. Assuming my actual OS 
>>>> is not actually hashed, is there a way to boot via live DVD and 
>>>> edit a file that might let me boot into init 3 and hopefully 
>>>> execute the uninstall command?
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you in advance,
>>>> 
>>>> Rob
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