NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module
I just upgraded my desktop PC from Fedora 19 to Fedora 20 using fedup; and once it rebooted I ended up (again!) with the nvidia driver breaking badly.
In my case /var/log/Xorg.0.log
just said:
[ 56.343] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your
[ 56.343] (EE) NVIDIA: system's kernel log for additional error messages.
[ 56.343] (EE) No devices detected.
[ 56.343] (EE) Fatal server error:
[ 56.343] (EE) no screens found(EE)
And fixed it just requesting an explicit rebuild of the akmod modules:
$ sudo /usr/sbin/akmods --force
Let this be a reminder to the future me for whenever I upgrade to F21 🙂
P.S.: yeah, I do need the nvidia driver as nouveau doesn’t seem to control the fan in graphics card… so nvidia is the only way to get a quiet hardware
Posted on October 24, 2013, in Planets, Uncategorized and tagged fedora, nvidia. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
Thanks. You helped me. Nice one.
Thanks for this, helped me during a fresh Fedora 20 installation.
Hai I have faced same problem exactly . I am using centos 5.9 . what should I do even I couldn’t login
Did you try to run this?
sudo /usr/sbin/akmods –force