[Novalug] Re: [Ma-linux] Re: Installing Nvidia drivers DID NOT go well (Computer boots to grub)

[Jay Hart]

Follow up to below:

Think I figured this out, but if so, I'm am really confused/pissed.

I think that during the nvidia driver install, the installer must install a
new kernel.

Looking at /boot, I figure that the install missed adding a file.

I have an entry

initrd -> initrd-2.6.22.13-0.3-bigsmp  (sym link)

BUT

I do not have an initrd-2.6.22.13-0.3-bigsmp file, and therefore can't boot.

Two of my menu.lst entries point to kernel version files 2.6.22.5-2.bigsmp
and these files don't exist in the /boot dir anymore.

I basically don't have the files I need to boot this box.

How do I recover from this? Would it be as simple as copying over the
2.6.22.13 kernel file?

Jay Hart

> The problem seems to be that (and this is my best guess) the ^EH#$HE* driver
> install for nvidia must also install a new kernel.
>
> Can someone confirm that for me?
>
> Once I booted with a rescue disk and mounted the /boot filesystem, my
> (current)menu.lst file contains four lines, none of which point to a kernel.
> My original menu.lst file had been renamed to menu.lst.old, dated today.
>
> So I saved a copy of the current menu.lst file, copied the old file as
> menu.lst, and can new boot, but none of the (non-failsafe) kernels (and their
> are two of them) boot.
>
> Basically, I highly irritated by this. It defies logic.
>
> If I want to get screwed over by a driver install, I'll stick with Windows,
> thank you very much.
>
> Jay
>
>> Ok, think my problem is with grub, or the MBR.
>>
>> From the grub prompt, I issue the following commands:
>>
>>>find /boot/grub/stage1
>> returns: (hd0,0)
>>
>>>find /boot/grub/stage2
>> returns: (hd0,0)
>>
>>>setup (hd0,0)
>> returns the following:
>> Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
>> Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
>> Checking if "/boot/grub/ufs2_stage1_5" exists... yes
>> Running "embed /boot/grub/efs2_stage1_5 (hd0)"... failed (this is not fatal)
>> Running "embed /boot/grub/efs2_stage1_5 (hd0,1,a)"... failed (this is not
>> fatal)
>> Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,0) /boot/grub/stage2 p
>> /boot/grub/menu.lst "... succeeded
>>
>> Looks like I've got the grub entries fixed, so I reboot and...
>>
>> I'm back at the grub prompt. Repeated attempts to go through same procedure
>> results in repeated cycle of this problem.
>>
>> Jay
>>
>>
>>> Jay Hart wrote:
>>>>> Jay Hart wrote:
>>>>>> Opensuse 10.3 beta 2
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Used the following procedure to install the nvidia drivers:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://en.opensuse.org/NVIDIA
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Using the "The easy way" install for Opensuse 10.3.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> First, I installed the drivers for 'new' cards using the '1-click' link,
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> runs nvidia.ymp.  This went fine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then I ran the following three commands (as root):
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> nvidia-xconfig --composite
>>>>>>> nvidia-xconfig --render-accel
>>>>>>> nvidia-xconfig --add-argb-glx-visuals -d 24
>>>>>> This went OK as well.
>>>>>>
>>
>>
>
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