Software Update made Nvidia crash

[freekill]

I've had a working desktop even running compiz just before I updated today. Anyway, after the reboot which was required after my update, I got a notification in the boot message which says:

Checking for module nvidia.ko:                                [FAILED]
nvidia.ko for kernel 2.6.30-9-96.fc11.x86_64 was not found.   [WARNING]
The nvidia driver will not be enabled until one is found.     [WARNING]

I continued logging in and got a white screen (most likely brought by compiz without the nvidia drivers). I hit terminal and disabled compiz then tried to see how nvidia is doing. Here's what I got from nvidia-xconfig:

Using X configuration file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf".
Backed up file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' as '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup'
New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'

and finally here's what /etc/X11/xorg.conf contains:

# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Default Layout"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
	Option	    "AIGLX" "on"
	Option	    "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from data in "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Unknown"
	ModelName    "AOC 5En"
	HorizSync    30.0 - 54.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 120.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "vesa"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Device0"
	Driver      "vesa"
	VendorName  "NVIDIA Corporation"
	BoardName   "GeForce 7300 GS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Default Screen"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Device0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	Option	    "TwinView" "0"
	Option	    "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
	Option	    "metamodes" "1024x768 +0+0"
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
	Option	    "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
EndSection

How do i fix this?

[cold_liquids]

I have the same exact problem

It seems there is no new nvidia Kernel Module (yet) for the new Kernel that was installed in the last update.

[DCOH]

If you add akmod- nvidia it will go ahead and build a driver for the kernel until the kmod comes out.

[cold_liquids]

there seems to be a kmod now, but it all i got was a blinking cursor

so i just followed DCOH's advice and it did the trick. Thanks !

[SpuriousQ]

Originally Posted by DCOH

If you add akmod- nvidia it will go ahead and build a driver for the kernel until the kmod comes out.

I tried this but it only shows a lot of missing dependencies. (I can not show them because I don't know how to navigate solely on console mode...)...

[GODhack]

Simply use 2.6.30.9-90.fc11.x86_64. It has security bug but at least works with nvidia cards.

[freekill]

Got it working too. They made a new fix on the kernel.

[mrbrown79]

I seem to have the same problem..

Originally Posted by DCOH

If you add akmod- nvidia it will go ahead and build a driver for the kernel until the kmod comes out.

Can you be more detailed? Where should I add that?

EDIT: OK, I googled it, and found out it was a package calles akmod-nvidia (without the space). I thought it was an argument to some command. I'm currently installing, and hope it works *fingers crossed*. UPDATE: It works - thanks!