A recent kernel update broke function keys on my wife's Dell XPS 13. Reverting to the prior kernel worked-around the issue. I haven't had a chance to pursue it any further.
So try an earlier kernel. On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Patrick Dupre <pdu...@gmx.com> wrote: > > > > > On 09/03/2016 01:46 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > >> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2016 at 10:06 PM > > >> From: "Samuel Sieb" <sam...@sieb.net> > > > I can run without vga=normal, but if I run without nomodeset, the > graphics > > > never starts and I have to restart the machine. > > > But even without vga=normal, I get the same behavior. > > > > > Sorry, I can't help you figure out what's wrong there. I completely > > avoid any computers containing NVidia graphics... If you don't have any > > need for the NVidia part, you might be able to disable it in the BIOS. > > I don't know why the Intel part isn't working for modesetting. > > > > >> If you really want to use the proprietary NVidia driver, get it from > > >> rpmfusion. At least then, it's easier to revert if necessary and it's > > >> much more likely to work. > > > > > > Do you mean: > > > xorg-x11-drv-nvidia > > > ? > > > > > That would be included. You want one of the akmod-nvidia* packages. > > Since it's a recent chipset, it would most likely be the "akmod-nvida" > > package. (Don't forget to install "kernel-devel" as well.) > > Installing: > akmod-nvidia x86_64 1:367.35-1.fc24 > rpmfusion-nonfree-updates 70 k > akmods noarch 0.5.4-3.fc24 > rpmfusion-free-updates 25 k > kmodtool noarch 1-23.fc24 > rpmfusion-free 17 k > xorg-x11-drv-nvidia x86_64 1:367.35-3.fc24 > rpmfusion-nonfree-updates 3.9 M > xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-kmodsrc x86_64 1:367.35-3.fc24 > rpmfusion-nonfree-updates 5.7 M > xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs x86_64 1:367.35-3.fc24 > rpmfusion-nonfree-updates 17 M > > > The problem > > is that you will need to clean any mess left behind by the NVidia > > installer you tried to run before you install the package. > > It looks like that every things is in /var/log/ > -rw-------. 1 root root 49157 Sep 3 22:39 secure > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 292292 Sep 3 22:39 lastlog > -rw-rw-r--. 1 root utmp 59904 Sep 3 22:38 wtmp > -rw-r--r--. 1 root pdupre 48621 Sep 3 22:38 Xorg.1.log > -rw-r--r--. 1 root gdm 49050 Sep 3 22:38 Xorg.0.log > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 5910 Sep 3 22:38 firewalld > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 14857 Sep 3 22:38 boot.log > -rw-r--r--. 1 root pdupre 49943 Sep 3 22:34 Xorg.1.log.old > -rw-r--r--. 1 root gdm 50056 Sep 3 22:34 Xorg.0.log.old > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 462588 Sep 3 21:52 > nvidia-installer.log > > > > users mailing list > > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@lists. > fedoraproject.org > > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org >
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