[PlanetCCRMA] NVIDIA and RT Kernel (Fedora 20)

[Jeremy M Booth]

Also, the kernel and kernel-devel packages installed have to match, so
if CCRMA installed kernel-rtPAE by default and you installed
kernel-rt-devel manually (which is for the non-PAE kernel), the akmod
won't compile.


On Tue, 22 Apr 2014 08:03:25 -0700
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
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >