Issue after successful install of Nvidia GTX 850M Driver - Fedora 23 4.4.9-300.fc23.x86_64
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Issue after successful install of Nvidia GTX 850M Driver - Fedora 23 4.4.9-300.fc23.x86_64
Hi Guys,
I recently isntalled fedora 23 on my MSI gaming laptop and I really like using it. I have been trying to get external graphics card to work as currently it looks like its not being used.
I have successfully installed it using the below guide:
The problem is once I reboot my laptop after the successful install I get an error message:
Code:
"Oh no! Something has gone wrong. A problem has occurred and the system can't recover. Please log out and try again."
I tried adding the output of the /sbin/lspci output but its to long. Will try to attach it
Hardware Info:
Code:
[root@localhost sbin]# lshw -short
H/W path Device Class Description
=======================================================
system GE70 2PL (To be filled by O.E.M.)
/0 bus MS-175A
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/24 memory 8GiB System Memory
/0/24/0 memory 8GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MH
/0/24/1 memory DIMM [empty]
/0/24/2 memory DIMM [empty]
/0/24/3 memory DIMM [empty]
/0/50 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4710HQ CPU @ 2.
/0/50/51 memory 1MiB L2 cache
/0/50/52 memory 256KiB L1 cache
/0/50/53 memory 6MiB L3 cache
/0/100 bridge Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Process
/0/100/1 bridge Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Process
/0/100/1/0 display GM107M [GeForce GTX 850M]
/0/100/2 display 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Gr
/0/100/3 multimedia Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Process
/0/100/14 bus 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family
/0/100/14/0 usb4 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/14/1 usb3 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/16 communication 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family
/0/100/1a bus 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family
/0/100/1a/1 usb1 bus EHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1a/1/1 bus USB hub
/0/100/1a/1/1/2 input USB Receiver
/0/100/1a/1/1/3 communication Bluetooth wireless interface
/0/100/1a/1/1/4 multimedia BisonCam, NB Pro
/0/100/1b multimedia 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High De
/0/100/1c bridge 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family
/0/100/1c.2 bridge 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family
/0/100/1c.2/0 generic RTS5249 PCI Express Card Reader
/0/100/1c.3 bridge 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family
/0/100/1c.3/0 enp4s0 network Killer E220x Gigabit Ethernet Contro
/0/100/1c.5 bridge 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family
/0/100/1c.5/0 wlp5s0 network Wireless 3160
/0/100/1d bus 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family
/0/100/1d/1 usb2 bus EHCI Host Controller
/0/100/1d/1/1 bus USB hub
/0/100/1f bridge HM86 Express LPC Controller
/0/100/1f.2 storage 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family
/0/100/1f.3 bus 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family
/0/1 scsi0 storage
/0/1/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVDRAM GTA0N
/0/2 scsi4 storage
/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 1TB HGST HTS721010A9
/0/2/0.0.0/1 volume 199MiB Windows FAT volume
/0/2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 500MiB EXT4 volume
/0/2/0.0.0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 130GiB LVM Physical Volume
/0/2/0.0.0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 799GiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/3 scsi5 storage
/0/3/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk 128GB TOSHIBA THNSNJ12
/0/3/0.0.0/1 /dev/sdb1 volume 599MiB Windows NTFS volume
/0/3/0.0.0/2 /dev/sdb2 volume 299MiB Windows FAT volume
/0/3/0.0.0/3 /dev/sdb3 volume 127MiB reserved partition
/0/3/0.0.0/4 /dev/sdb4 volume 118GiB Windows NTFS volume
/1 power Battery Name
/2 power Battery Name
/3 power Battery Name
/4 power Battery Name
/5 power To Be Filled By O.E.M.
/6 virbr0-nic network Ethernet interface
/7 virbr0 network Ethernet interface
In order to see if there is a problem configuring Xorg at startup.
Or use:
Quote:
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE
To see the errors in the log file.
I do not use nvidia drivers because they are buggy, is bette to use the open nv driver, but maybe you can play something and nvidia driver has better performance.
check:
lsmod in order to see if nvidia has been loaded or what driver are currently in use.
If you don't see the nvidia in the list, as root, try:
[root@localhost judd]# modprobe nvidia
modprobe: FATAL: Module nvidia not found in directory /lib/modules/4.4.9-300.fc23.x86_64
lspci output:
Code:
[root@localhost judd]# /sbin/lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 06)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller (rev 06)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)
00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller (rev 06)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI (rev 05)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #2 (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev d5)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev d5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #4 (rev d5)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #6 (rev d5)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #1 (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM86 Express LPC Controller (rev 05)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
01:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107M [GeForce GTX 850M] (rev a2)
03:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5249 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 3160 (rev 83)
Im thinking that I might try using fedora 22 instead. It's a fresh install so im not really loosing anything and from what I can tell 22 is still in support.
I has been a Fedora user for many years, but every new version appear to be worst and worst from Fedora 19.
The message you posted:
Quote:
Oh no! Something has gone wrong. A problem has occurred and the system can't recover. All extensions have been disabled as a precaution.
appear to me too windows oriented where the user has no control at all.
The problem is systemd taking more and more control over Linux. You can migrate to Fedora 22 by now as a good solution, but eventually, if you want to take the control back, you will need to migrate to another Linux version without systemd.
Unfortunately, systemd has been adopted by almost all Linux distributions . PCLinuxOS, Devuan (beta), Gentoo and few others distributions appear to have options to be free of systemd. BSD based OS are free of systemd too but are very defferent to Linux.
bugger that's a shame to hear. I wanted to use fedora as I am starting to work with RHEL servers. I might have a think if i want to switch to ubuntu or stay with fedora.
I recently isntalled fedora 23 on my MSI gaming laptop and I really like using it. I have been trying to get external graphics card to work as currently it looks like its not being used.
What do you mean by "external graphics"?
Either way, the guide for installing nvidia drivers that you used is probably not the best guide. I'm sorry that it appears to come up as the top google hit. A better guide is here:
RPMFusion is a great resource for how to do "normal" stuff on Fedora (things that Fedora, for legal and ideological reasons, do not support officially). I would check it before following random guides online. The instructions given on the site you refer to are flat out bad; they tell you to install a driver that will be made invalid by a kernel update.
Undo what you have done from that site and follow the RPMFusion method instead.
I mean external graphics as in a graphics card external to the motherboard i.e not the on-board graphics chip in the motherboard. Not sure if this is technically correct lingo, it's just something I have picked up from my peers along the way.
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. PCLinuxOS, Devuan (beta), Gentoo and few others distributions appear to have options to be free of systemd. BSD based OS are free of systemd too but are very defferent to Linux.
