I just did an update for FC4, told me to reboot to see if the kernel works, and now the X Server will not load.

I don't know if it matters but I did update to the latest nvidia driver(d/l from nvidia), and all was fine until I did this FC update. Of course I deleted the driver so can't reinstall it.

Any ideas?

Keep in mind that I'm new to Linux.

Never delete an old package until you've got the new one working!
Can you boot into an older kernel?

As for the driver you need, the latest isn't necessarily the one that works for you. The one you need is the one that corresponds to your kernel number. Actually you need two packages: nvidia-glx and kernel-module-nvidia<kernel number>.

Check out www.fedorafaq.org on how to get it esily through yum or use yumex and check your kernel version with "uname -r".

Not sure what you mean. Everything was working ok until I did the update. Unless I'm misunderstanding. EDIT: Are you talking about the nvidia driver? The only one I deleted is the tar I d/l from nvidia.

Not sure how to do that, being a newb and all

I tried: And all I got was:

The easy way to get nvidia drivers to work on fedora is installing the rpm from the livna repo. If you try to install without setting up the repo as per the Fedora Faq (or alternatively Stanton-Finley) and enableing it (yum --enablerepo=livna install ...) you'll get the 'no matching argument' line.

As for booting into an older kernel, when you boot up you should see a grub boot screen informing you the something ( a kernel version) will be booted in a coupl of seconds. If you hit any of the arrow keys before that time you'll be presented with a full list of installed kernels that can be booted. Just choose the number preceding the one at the top and see if the nvidia module will load. Then install the rpm's from livna. One warning though. Scince you'll be using a different kernel the 'uname -r' thing won't work the way you want it. Note down the name of the kernel you want the nviaid drivers for (as per your post kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4) and type the full name.

Alternatively do yum install yumex.
Yumex is a graphical frontend for yume and allows you to easily enable repos and select packages from a list.

Thanks linmix.

I just realized the older kernel was on the boot screen, wasn't paying attention before

Going to try what you said later as I'm about to get some sleep.

Is there anyway to get rid of the new kernel or am I just asking for more trouble?

You typically need to reinstall the Nvidia driver after every kernel upgrade. It's one of the annoyances of using a proprietary driver.

If you installed the kernel through rpm you can:
# rpm -e kernel<number>
but be very careful not to uninstall a running kernel!!
There's no need to uninstall it though. Just get the right drivers installed first.
Alternatively edit grub.conf to boot from the kernel of your choice (instead of the latest)

oneandoneis2 is right. There is no reason to uninstall the new kernel, just reinstall the nvidia drivers so that the nvidia module is built for the new kernel.

Thanks for the replies.

Will tackle it when I get home from work.

Is their some kind of tutorial for editting my boot screen?

In what way do you want to edit it? Most of the settings controlling it are stored in /boot/grub/grub.conf. You could try the obvious searching Google, or if there is something specific you want to do, ask us.

Originally I wanted my older kernel to boot as default. Since then though I got the new kernel to work after reinstalling the nvidia driver as suggested. So I guess I'd like to just remove the old kernel from the boot list but maybe that's not such a good idea. I would like to know how to do it though for future reference.

If you installed the kernel with rpm, uninstalling the rpm will automatically modify your grub.conf entry and remove the kernel entry it has for the removed kernel.

Otherwise you would have to open grub.conf in the text editor of your choice and simply delete the lines relative to the kernel you have removed. A staddard grub.conf entry will look something like this:
but as every new entry starts with a 'title' line it's very easy to see exactly what you need to remove.
Aditionall you may want to check the value of the 'default' entry in the grub.conf. If it is set to 0, grub will by default load the 1st entry (block after 'title') it encounters. 1 will load the second etc (Grub starts counting at 0). Of course you can always load the other entries as well, but you'd have to select them within the 'timeout' time (another antry you can adjust to suit your needs).