just ran update lastnight and i got this error message on login, which results in a blank white screen

how do i get into console mode again?

by the way i'm running Fedora 10

CTRL+ALT+F1 should get you to a console.

Use the install DVD to boot and type

linux rescue

at the prompt

That will boot off the DVD and enable you to mount your disks (should offer to do that for you).
Then, edit /etc/inittab and set init default line to have a 3 instead of a 5.
This will then enable you to boot into CLI mode from the HDD.

The message means your current/new kernel does not have a matching nvidia module.
With any luck you can edit /boot/grub/grub.conf and set the default boot kernel to the old one. If this works, you can reset inittab entry to 5 to get GUI boot.

At some point you'll need to get an update nvidia.ko kernel module to match your latest kernel.

i can easily go to the previous kernel on grub but how can it be i'm using an old or incompatible nvidia driver, i've just installed it in less than a week ago using kmod..

maybe i should just download the latest driver and install it manually

Each driver has to match the kernel version exactly.
If you've installed anew kernel, you need a matching driver.

ok... so that goes for all components on the computer? im having issues now with my usb wireless after installing new kernel, even when i boot in to previous kernel (where the currently installed nvidia version works fine) wireless isn't working properly (doesn't connect to my wireless router)

i'm posting from Windows :|

i'm gonna have to stop running update everytime any is available... especially with kernels...

Yes - that is a good idea. You need to wait until the nvidia module is available at the same time as the new kernel - usually a day later. Always see what is being upgraded with :-

# yum list updates

You can probably get out of this easily by using the command line and running

# yum list updates

If you see the matching nvidia module for your new kernel then you are in luck. Simply type

# yum upgrade

and it all should be ok.

when do i click this? my xserver won't load (well nvidia wouldn't loadt) so how can i get to console on bootup?

any easier way other than having to loadup another Installer media and edit inittab?

cheers

You can try that even though you have a blank xserver screen. The other thing you can do is use grub to append "single" to the end of the kernel line. You can get a grub command prompt by typing "c" instead of hitting enter (or type "e" to edit the line and then put "single" at the end. Single is basically recovery mode, you're the root user so be very careful!

i'm boot into other two previous kernels and they both have white screen too

is there a way of downloading this kmod-nvidia on another machine and manually install it myself?

found kmod-nvidia

http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfr...fc10.i686.html

installed it and it's running fine now only problem is, my usb wireless adaptor is having some issues... fedora recognizes it but when i try to connect it wouldn't connect... now i'm back to xp to look for some drivers.. damit