On 15/12/2022 03:45, home user wrote:
f36; workstation is 9 years old; dual boot (the other OS is the nearly
useless windows-7); dual monitor; stand-alone (not a part of a LAN, WAN,
etc.); I don't have other hardware to fall back on, not even a cell
phone; nvidia geforce gtx 660 graphics card; driver is from RPM Fusion
non-free.
Note: I have no training or significant experience in sys. admin.
original problem:
On Nov. 03, I did my weekly "dnf upgrade". This resulted in only one
monitor working, and the display on that monitor looking fuzzy and
horizontally stretched out.
diagnosis (from the Fedora users list):
The driver version installed by the "dnf upgrade" is not compatible with
the latest kernel and needs updating. The kernel version was
6.0.5-200.fc36. The fixed nvidia 470 drivers were still in testing.
work-around until fixed nvidia 470 drivers pass testing and reach
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates (from the Fedora users list):
1. back-up the initrd being used before the Nov. 03 "dnf upgrade".
2. use the kernel in use (5.19) before the Nov. 03 "dnf upgrade".
The recommended back-up was done on Nov. 04. I've been using the 5.19
kernel exclusively since then. I have not run "dnf upgrade" since Nov. 03.
current situation:
I'm using the 5.19 kernel exclusively.
I have not run "dnf upgrade" since Nov. 03.
The RPM Fusion web site page
"https://mirror.fcix.net/rpmfusion/nonfree/fedora/updates/36/x86_64/repoview/index.html";
now shows this...
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Latest packages:
2022-11-29: nvidia-settings-470xx-470.161.03-1.fc36
2022-11-29: akmod-nvidia-470xx-470.161.03-1.fc36
2022-11-29: kmod-nvidia-470xx-470.161.03-1.fc36
2022-11-29: xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-470.161.03-1.fc36
2022-11-29: xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-cuda-470.161.03-1.fc36
2022-11-29: xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-cuda-libs-470.161.03-1.fc36
2022-11-29: xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-devel-470.161.03-1.fc36
2022-11-29: xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-kmodsrc-470.161.03-1.fc36
2022-11-29: xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-libs-470.161.03-1.fc36
2022-11-29: xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-power-470.161.03-1.fc36
(and other things not relevant to this issue)
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The original problem left my workstation quite crippled. It took a lot
of time and effort to research, construct, and post messages in the
original list thread. I don't have other hardware to fall back on, not
even a cell phone. Proceeding with the fix to the problem strikes me as
risky.
first question:
Is what is currently in RPM Fusion non-free 36 updates everything I need
to really fix the problem for f36?
Please don't jump the gun. Just answer that first question. If the
answer is positive, I'll follow up with more questions.
further information:
Anyone wanting to view the original Nov. 03-04 thread, it's here:
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/X6QCDYEIFO7DKZE5ENCHBCW776TC26WF/";.
Thank-you in advance.
Bill.
I just did 'dnf upgrade' on a system with an old Dell monitor and an
Android tv. Graphics card is GT 710 running X11 in KDE. The active
screen switches during boot, so it's best to have both screens powered
up at that time.
There have been lots of KDE-related updates since Nov 3, so the upgrade
may take some time. And allow several minutes to build the kmods before
doing 'sudo systemctl reboot'
HTH
John P
[john@HPFed ~]$ uname -r
6.0.12-200.fc36.x86_64
[john@HPFed ~]$ rpm -qa | grep -i nvidia
nvidia-persistenced-520.56.06-1.fc36.x86_64
nvidia-texture-tools-2.1.2-3.fc36.x86_64
nvidia-gpu-firmware-20221109-144.fc36.noarch
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-libs-470.161.03-1.fc36.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-cuda-libs-470.161.03-1.fc36.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-kmodsrc-470.161.03-1.fc36.x86_64
nvidia-settings-470xx-470.161.03-1.fc36.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-470.161.03-1.fc36.x86_64
akmod-nvidia-470xx-470.161.03-1.fc36.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-470xx-470.161.03-1.fc36.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-cuda-470.161.03-1.fc36.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-power-470.161.03-1.fc36.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-470xx-devel-470.161.03-1.fc36.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-470xx-6.0.11-200.fc36.x86_64-470.161.03-1.fc36.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-470xx-6.0.10-200.fc36.x86_64-470.161.03-1.fc36.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-470xx-6.0.12-200.fc36.x86_64-470.161.03-1.fc36.x86_64
[john@HPFed ~]$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 3040 x 1050, maximum 16384 x 16384
VGA-0 connected primary 1680x1050+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis
y axis) 433mm x 271mm
1680x1050 59.95*+
1440x900 59.89
1280x1024 75.02 60.02
1280x800 59.81
1280x720 60.00
1152x864 75.00
1024x768 75.03 70.07 60.00
800x600 75.00 72.19 60.32 56.25
640x480 75.00 72.81 59.94
DVI-D-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-0 connected 1360x768+1680+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y
axis) 708mm x 398mm
1360x768 60.02*+
1920x1080 59.94 50.00 29.97 23.98 60.00 50.04
1440x900 59.89
1280x1024 60.02
1280x720 60.00 59.94 50.00 29.97 23.98
1024x768 60.00
800x600 60.32
720x576 50.00
720x480 59.94
640x480 59.94 59.93
[john@HPFed ~]$
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