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Description of problem: I have a system with a Nvidia GTX 970 in a triple-head configuration. I did a clean install of the Fedora 24 KDE spin using the Nouveau driver. After install and logging in, I did a 'dnf update', which also installed the 4.6.3-300.fc24.x86_64 kernel. Upon rebooting, the screen went black after the mode set occurred. The loading screen and login were never displayed. The system would not display a text console with ctrl-alt-f2. It would still respond to a control-alt-delete and reboot. Adding nomodeset to the kernel options and removing rhgb and quiet did allow it to bring up the login screen, but KDE then thought I had only one display and would not allow configuration of others. Rebooting to the previous kernel (4.5.5-300.fc24.x86_64) prevents the issue and KDE sees all three monitors. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 4.6.3-300.fc24.x86_64 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install 24 KDE spin on a Nvidia GTX 970 system using nouveau 2. 'dnf update' to install 4.6.3-300.fc24.x86_64 kernel 3. reboot Actual results: Black screen after mode shift occurs. Expected results: Login screen. Additional info:
I see the same... lspci: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] (rev a1)
Still present on 4.6.5-300.fc24.x86_64 kernel.
I have the exact same issue. My graphics card: 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] (rev a1) Fedora stopped booting for nvidia 970 when kernal 4.6 and greater was released. Downgrading to Kernel 4.5.5 solves the problem.
*** Bug 1364276 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
It is happening only for GTX 4GB, doesn't reproduce for GTX 2GB version. So it could be related to the 3.5GB limitation of GTX 4GB. https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94990#c56
I am thinking of upgrading my Fedora 23 to 24. Does Fedora 24 work fine with kernel 4.5? Or do we have to use proprietary drivers for NVidia? I am surprised that Linux support for one of the most popular and recent graphics cards is broken for so many months.
Can we adapt the workaround patch at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94990#c78 until the real solution is found? We won't have Fedora 25 if this fix doesn't make it.
I built the 4.8.5 locally with the patch linked in my previous message and I confirm that it boots, launches X and works fine. $ lspci |grep -i nvidia 04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] (rev a1) 04:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GM204 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1) $ uname -r 4.8.5-200.fc24.x86_64
Same issue here.. I had to boot with basic graphics, upgrade, install nvidia drivers from RPMFusion, remove nomodeset from grub, etc. Not a simple set of steps, even if documented for users. Symptoms: Boot from image and as soon as X attempts to start the screen goes black and that's end of story. Only way to install is to boot with basic graphics mode.
This can be changed to Fedora 25 as well, I forgot to mention that. The symptoms appear to be the same.
It seems that the issue is fixed upstream. Can we backport the patch? https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94990#c112
I have a system affected by this and can test fixes if needed.
kernel-4.12 seems to fix the issue. Is there a chance it will make it to Fedora 25?
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I am guessing that the "fix" was not ported to the 4.11 kernel? In that case, updating to F25/26 is still impossible without manually installing the nouveau driver and messing about settings in grub… Did I get that right?
Correct. I was able to upgrade from F24 to F25 using dnf, grab an SRPM from koji, locally build the kernel-4.12 RPM on F25 in text mode, then boot into it graphically.
I guess this bug can be marked fixed now that the kernel-4.12 is available for F25. I don't have a F25 box to test. 4.12 boots fine on F26 with the same hardware.