Bug 1317181

Summary:	Kernel 4.4.4-301.fc23.x86_64 update forces to reinstall NVIDIA Drivers
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Damon Hill <mauricio.pronet>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	unspecified
Version:	23	CC:	gansalmon, itamar, jonathan, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda, mchehab
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Description Damon Hill 2016-03-12 20:08:59 UTC

Description of problem:

I had to manually reinstall nVidia Drivers (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-340.96) after updating Fedora 23 to kernel 4.4.4-301 using DNF.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Fedora 23 - Cinnamon Spin
VGA Driver: NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-340.96
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GT 240

How reproducible:

Everytime the system boots

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Update Fedora 23 to kernel 4.4.4-301 using DNF
2. Reboot using 4.4.4-301 kernel option
3. Log-in

Actual results:

It doesn't display cinnamon panel and a message shows asking to restart Cinnamon

Additional info:

After reinstalling the nVidia Driver, the problem solved.

Comment 1 Josh Boyer 2016-03-13 00:58:01 UTC

Fedora does not provide or support proprietary modules.