[PlanetCCRMA] NVIDIA and RT Kernel (Fedora 20)

Tue Apr 22 11:23:18 PDT 2014

> - Maybe there is another development package I need besides the gcc one?
>
>  yum groupinstall "Development Tools" gets you all the basics.

On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Steve Duell <steveduell at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jeremy,
>
> Thanks indeed for the detailed steps.  Here's how it went:
>
>
> 1. make sure you have basic software development packages
> installed so you can compile stuff
>
> (wasn't sure what I needed, so I just installed gcc c++ package)
>
> 2.  install the kernel-devel packages for stock kernel
>
> (no problem)
>
> 3. uninstall any other type of nvidia driver and/or noveau
>
> (I did this through the package manager - appeared to do the job)
>
> 4. install nvidia akmod while running stock kernel
>
> (check)
>
> 5. reboot and make sure akmod working first with stock kernel
>
> (Nvidia drivers built successfully & working great on the stock kernel.)
>
> 6. once it does then install the CCRMA stuff/realtime kernel but make
> sure you also install the kernel-rt-devel* BEFORE you reboot.
>
> (done)
>
> Upon rebooting into the CCRMA kernel, the bootloader animation made it
> almost to the end before the system started running through a checklist.  I
> saw in that list that it was attempting to build from a kmod package.
>  Other entries appeared after that, and then the system hung on the message
> "starting Avahi DNS something...".  I waited 5 minutes with no activity,
> then went to the virtual terminal and ran the grep commands.  They returned
> no nouveau or nvidia modules.  So I guess it's as you say - the nvidia
> drivers for this kernel didn't compile.
>
> I have some idea about why this may be:
>
> - Even though I attempted to install the regular i686 kernel package, I
> noticed that the package manager gave me a PAE version.  I don't think I
> need this, as I'm pretty sure I don't have 4 gigs of RAM. Is it possible to
> force the installation of the non-PAE version through the terminal?
>
> - Maybe there is another development package I need besides the gcc one?
>
> Anyway, thanks again for the help - you've helped me get farther along in
> the process than I've been able to so far on my own.  Much appreciated!
>
> -Steve
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 6:30 PM, Jeremy M Booth <bq20 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> If it helps to keep track of things to reinstall that's fine but
>> technically you shouldn't have to do that.  All the akmod is,
>> is the proprietary nvidia driver repackaged, so unless your machine
>> is over a decade old it shouldn't take more than 3 or 4 minutes.  Some
>> akmods compile right after you install them so I guess just pay
>> attention to what's going on before you reboot as well. Also every time
>> you install a new kernel it will have to recompile itself, which it does
>> automatically. You need the kernel devel packages first, because the
>> akmod needs them to compile. Otherwise I'm not sure whether it warns
>> you about the dependencies or not.  I don't see why any spin would
>> hurt so long as it's still fedora.  So if you're installing from scratch
>> this is what I'd do:
>>
>> first to make downloads more efficient:
>>
>> yum install yum-plugin-fastestmirror
>> yum update
>>
>> 1. make sure you have basic software development packages
>> installed so you can compile stuff
>> 2.  install the kernel-devel packages for stock kernel
>> 3. uninstall any other type of nvidia driver and/or noveau
>> 4. install nvidia akmod while running stock kernel
>> 5. reboot and make sure akmod working first with stock kernel
>> 6. once it does then install the CCRMA stuff/realtime kernel but make
>> sure you also install the kernel-rt-devel* BEFORE you reboot
>>
>> Possible troubleshooting:
>> The akmod installation scripts should disable noveau so if you run into
>> problems, like a blank screen on startup, go to a virtual terminal by
>> hitting CTRL+ALT+F2, login and do a "lsmod |grep noveau" (without the
>> quotes) and see if there's a module called noveau and if there is you
>> have to get rid of it.  If that command shows nothing than do a "lsmod |
>> grep nvidia"
>> and if that doesn't it means the nvidia module either didn't compile
>> or is not loading.
>>
>> This setup definitely works though as I've been using the
>> fedora/ccrma/akmod combination for several releases now, but like you
>> said the information on the web is very spotty feel free to report back
>> with any problems.
>>
>> On Mon, 21 Apr 2014 16:41:51 -0700
>> Steve Duell <steveduell at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Thank, Jeremy!  I'll reinstall F20 from scratch and follow your steps.
>> > Just a few more questions:
>> >
>> >
>> > Should I install the akmod or the kernel-rt-devel package first?  Or
>> > does it matter?  I gather that as long as they're both present at
>> > reboot, everything should come out fine.
>> >
>> > You mention a delay on first boot after installing the akmod.  Can you
>> > estimate about how long it should take?  It's possible that the first
>> > time I tried this, I just gave up too soon.
>> >
>> > Also, is there any harm in using the CCRMA kernel with the Fedora Jam
>> > spin?  After weeks of trying to get various distros to play nice with
>> > my hardware, I'm to the point where I'd gladly accept one with most
>> > of the workhorse audio utilities pre-packaged for my convenience.
>> >
>> > Thanks again for the prompt reply.
>> >
>> > -Steve
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Jeremy M Booth <bq20 at comcast.net>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Also make sure you have the kernel-rt-devel* package installed for
>> > > the akmods to compile.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Sun, 20 Apr 2014 21:29:43 -0700
>> > > Steve Duell <steveduell at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Hey Folks,
>> > > >
>> > > > I'm new to linux, and have gone through several distributions over
>> > > > the last few weeks, looking for the right one.  I've tried and am
>> > > > very happy with Fedora 19 & 20 (both Xfce and LXDE editions).
>> > > > I've had no problems installing the RT kernel, but running the
>> > > > nouveau driver for graphics doesn't work well with my NVIDIA
>> > > > Geforce 8 chip. Once enough windows are open, or enough images
>> > > > load on a webpage, the display gets corrupted and I can't
>> > > > continue to use the computer without a reboot.
>> > > >
>> > > > I tried installing the proprietary drivers, which work fine on a
>> > > > stock kernel, but the CCRMA RT kernel will not boot after the
>> > > > nvidia drivers are installed.
>> > > >
>> > > > I've googled the issue pretty deeply, and I see lots of
>> > > > conflicting information about the exact steps to get the nvidia
>> > > > driver working with F20.  I'm hoping that one of the power-users
>> > > > on this list has already surmounted this issue and can walk a
>> > > > newbie through it, step-by-step.
>> > > >
>> > > > I'm perfectly happy to start all over with a clean install of
>> > > > fedora (any version) if it will make life easier for me or you.
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks a ton,
>> > > >
>> > > > Steve
>> > >
>> > >
>>
>>
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