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grimx

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Registered: 2010-07-31

Posts: 27

Upgrading to Linux 3.12.6-1 issue

After upgrading to Linux 3.12.6-1 and rebooting I get this when running startx;

19.326] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your
 91 [    19.326] (EE) NVIDIA:     system's kernel log for additional error messages.
 92 [    19.326] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
 93 [    19.326] (II) Unloading nvidia
 94 [    19.326] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0)
 95 [    19.326] (EE) No drivers available.
 96 [    19.326] (EE) 
 97 Fatal server error:
 98 [    19.329] (EE) no screens found(EE) 
 99 [    19.330] (EE) 
100 Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
101      at http://wiki.x.org
102  for help. 
103 [    19.336] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" fo    r additional information.
104 [    19.340] (EE)                 

I use nvidia-304xx 304.117-1 on x86_64.
I have downgraded to Linux 3.12.5-1, as a fix.

Last edited by grimx (2013-12-26 21:44:33)

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ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,804

Re: Upgrading to Linux 3.12.6-1 issue

You did not mention them, so I will ask about the running kernel versus kernel modules that are on disk.  When you had issues, did you verify that the running kernel version (as determined using uname -a ) is the exact same version reported by pacman -Qi linux   ?  These can be our of sync for a couple reasons -- first, is simply a failure to reboot after updating the kernel; not that I have ever done such a thing    Another is if you did not have /boot mounted at the time of the Linux kernel update.  A third has to do with UEFI systems and the need to perform some other operation after upgrading the kernel.  It may also have to LVM.  As I do not use either of those, I cannot speak intelligently to the problem.

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grimx

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Registered: 2010-07-31

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Re: Upgrading to Linux 3.12.6-1 issue

My partitions are (/ , /home, swap). I have never had this problem after upgrading the kernel.
Should I redo the upgrade in order to get the information you've asked for?

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grimx

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Registered: 2010-07-31

Posts: 27

Re: Upgrading to Linux 3.12.6-1 issue

Here is the ouput from pacman's log of the upgrade to kernel 3.12.6-1;

[2013-12-26 14:04] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syyu'
1033 [2013-12-26 14:04] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
1034 [2013-12-26 14:04] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
1035 [2013-12-26 14:16] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syyu'
1036 [2013-12-26 14:16] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
1037 [2013-12-26 14:17] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
1038 [2013-12-26 14:17] [PACMAN] upgraded gcc-libs (4.8.2-6 -> 4.8.2-7)
1039 [2013-12-26 14:17] [PACMAN] upgraded gcc (4.8.2-6 -> 4.8.2-7)
1040 [2013-12-26 14:17] [PACMAN] upgraded xcb-proto (1.9-1 -> 1.10-1)
1041 [2013-12-26 14:17] [PACMAN] upgraded libxcb (1.9.1-2 -> 1.10-1)
1042 [2013-12-26 14:17] [PACMAN] upgraded libxft (2.3.1-1 -> 2.3.1-2)
1043 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
1044 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio.  Please wait...
1045 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
1046 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
1047 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.12.6-1-ARCH
1048 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
1049 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
1050 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
1051 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
1052 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [block]
1053 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
1054 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
1055 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
1056 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
1057 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
1058 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
1059 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
1060 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img      -S autodetect
1061 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.12.6-1-ARCH
1062 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
1063 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
1064 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
1065 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [block]
1066 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
1067 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: smsmdtv
1068 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
1069 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
1070 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
1071 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
1072 [2013-12-26 14:17] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
1073 [2013-12-26 14:18] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
1074 [2013-12-26 14:18] [PACMAN] upgraded linux (3.12.5-1 -> 3.12.6-1)

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Upgrading to Linux 3.12.6-1 issue

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 7#p1364107 ?

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 19,804

Re: Upgrading to Linux 3.12.6-1 issue

My partitions are (/ , /home, swap). I have never had this problem after upgrading the kernel.
Should I redo the upgrade in order to get the information you've asked for?

That you've no boot partition and that it has worked before alleviates most of my concerns.  If you are sure you had rebooted, I guess it is not worth redoing the upgrade in order to check.  Is Karol's link of any help?

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grimx

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Registered: 2010-07-31

Posts: 27

Re: Upgrading to Linux 3.12.6-1 issue

It's all ranting an raving.

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: Upgrading to Linux 3.12.6-1 issue

It's all ranting an raving.

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/38282
https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit … a3eb2f20cf

Maybe nvidia-304xx needs fixing too?

jhaohai

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Registered: 2013-12-10

Posts: 9

Re: Upgrading to Linux 3.12.6-1 issue

You show UPDATE nvidia driver as well.

grimx

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Registered: 2010-07-31

Posts: 27

Re: Upgrading to Linux 3.12.6-1 issue

NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] (rev a2)

libcl 1.1-3
libvdpau 0.7-1
nvidia-304xx 304.117-1
nvidia-304xx-utils 304.117-1
opencl-nvidia-304xx 304.117-1

Last edited by grimx (2013-12-27 07:04:58)

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berbae

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From: France

Registered: 2007-02-12

Posts: 1,302

Re: Upgrading to Linux 3.12.6-1 issue

The legacy Nvidia driver needs to be rebuilt against the new kernel, just as the actual Nvidia driver was.

Maybe Eric is not there presently in this end of year time, so we must do it ourselves using the ABS and just rebuilding the package:
nvidia-304xx 304.117-1 -> 304.117-2

The legacy package is orphaned since August 2013, and may be placed in AUR soon if nobody of the official team wants to care about it.

I have made the rebuilt and that solved this issue after the last kernel update:
linux 3.12.5-1 -> 3.12.6-1

(the linux-headers package is necessary as 'makedepends').

Spot

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From: The Heart of Europe

Registered: 2008-12-20

Posts: 68

Re: Upgrading to Linux 3.12.6-1 issue

I had the same problem and solved it by downgrading to linux 3.12.5-1
(because I did't now how to rebuild the nvidia-304xx 304.117-1 package)

Kilzool

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2010-08-04

Posts: 232

Re: Upgrading to Linux 3.12.6-1 issue

Please see:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=173024

if you are using i386, and nvidia card... and having issues.

Last edited by Kilzool (2013-12-27 21:06:20)