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xtiansimon 08-20-2016 06:20 PM

Yum Update borked my X11 DE
 
My dino-IBM RAID xServer runs CentOS 6.x with KDE and has two hardware video options. The built-in AMD/ATI card and a PCI NVIDIA card as well.

I updated two weeks ago and the X11 update borked my KDE.

1) What yum update did:
- X11 updated to `org-x11-server-Xorg-1.17.4`
- removed `xorg-x11--glamor` and `xorg-x11-drv-modesetting`.

2) My hardware is VGA:
Code:

    $ lspci -m | grep -e VGA
    01:00.0 "VGA compatible controller" "NVIDIA Corporation" "G73 [GeForce 7600 GS]" -ra2 "BFG Tech" "Device 21c3"
    05:01.0 "VGA compatible controller" "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]" "Rage XL PCI" -r27 "IBM" "eServer xSeries server mainboard"

3) What happens.
As a server I usually boot to runlevel 3 and use X11 when I need to use some feature or whatever that is done easier in graphical environment. When use `$ startx` screen goes black and freezes up the controls. I'm guessing something about my hardware isn't being supported?

What's the broad take on this event (save for buy something new)?

AwesomeMachine 08-20-2016 07:58 PM

You probably need to reinstall the nvidia driver, so it can build and install a module compatible to the running kernel.

ondoho 08-21-2016 01:52 AM

why on earth do you need 2 gpus in a server?

i would remove one and only use the other.

xtiansimon 08-21-2016 08:29 AM

@ondoho, haha. Yeah. That's true. I bought this used, and it shipped with this other card. It really is an improvement over the built in card when using X11. Do you know if having two cards confuses update scripts?

ondoho 08-21-2016 09:34 AM

i don't know.
all i know is centos is a server distro and notoriously ill-equipped to deal with this sort of setup.
also, does it have to be kde? why isn't the default gnome2 sufficient?
tried taking the nvidia out?
or doing what awesomemachine said?
what did you find on centos documentation, wiki and forums? or wasn't that the very first place to search for a solution?

sidzen 08-21-2016 02:34 PM

As a suggestion, pull the Rage card and try with nVidia driver on a clean usb.

John VV 08-21-2016 05:47 PM

that old gforce7 card uses the legacy support "304.131 " driver
EVERY!!! time you update the kernel,x11/xorg/mesa you MUST!!!! reinstall the nvidia.run driver

or use the centos nvidia repo and install the legacy 304 rpm


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