Graphics error after kernel update to 3.12.53-40-desktop

[Tallowwood]

Running openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (x86_64) KDE Platform Version 4.14.10
Graphics: GF114 [GeForce GTX 560]

Patch update today included kernel update from standard Update-Oss repository. After rebooting the installed nVidia driver [x11-video-nvidiaG03 340.96-41.1] is no longer loaded and screen defaults to 1,024 x 768 pixels.

The updated kernel is reported as:
~ > uname -r
3.12.53-40-desktop
~ > rpm -qa kernel-*
kernel-devel-3.12.53-40.1.noarch
kernel-macros-3.12.53-40.1.noarch
kernel-desktop-devel-3.12.53-40.1.x86_64
kernel-firmware-20140807git-2.24.2.noarch
kernel-source-3.12.53-40.1.noarch
kernel-desktop-3.12.53-40.1.x86_64

What action is recommended to remedy this?

I note that this recent post may be related.

[Tallowwood]

Progress update ... and thanks for reading
This is my daily desktop and there is work to be done.
1. tried updating nvidia drivers to G04 version - problem persists
2. tried downgrading to previous kernel version - problem persists
3. tried uninstalling all nvidia drivers, re-booting and reinstalling - problem persists
4. uninstalled all nvidia drivers, reverted to nouveau - screen resolution 1920 x 1200 (normal)
so back to work ...
I will stay with this until technical advice on the correct procedure is available
FWIW the installation logs for nvidia G04 drivers reported more than 40 errors like this:
[snip] make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-modules/nvidia-340.96-desktop'
WARNING: /lib/modules/3.12.53-40-desktop/weak-updates/updates/nvidia-uvm.ko needs unknown symbol nvUvmInterfaceChannelDestroy [snip]
google search on this sort of error did not clarify the issue for me

[Ralle4711]

Progress update ... and thanks for reading
This is my daily desktop and there is work to be done.
1. tried updating nvidia drivers to G04 version - problem persists
2. tried downgrading to previous kernel version - problem persists
3. tried uninstalling all nvidia drivers, re-booting and reinstalling - problem persists
4. uninstalled all nvidia drivers, reverted to nouveau - screen resolution 1920 x 1200 (normal)
so back to work ...
I will stay with this until technical advice on the correct procedure is available
FWIW the installation logs for nvidia G04 drivers reported more than 40 errors like this:
[snip] make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-modules/nvidia-340.96-desktop'
WARNING: /lib/modules/3.12.53-40-desktop/weak-updates/updates/nvidia-uvm.ko needs unknown symbol nvUvmInterfaceChannelDestroy [snip]
google search on this sort of error did not clarify the issue for me

Same here:
landed in login prompt after update and reboot (3.12.53-40)
dont know right now to fix it.
workaround: booting 3.11.10-34 desktop

[wolfi323]

Try removing all nvidia packages completely and reinstall the driver from scratch (not upgrade or downgrade, that's known to cause problems anyway).

[cheesus]

same here 13.1, had to revert my booted kernel:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       26 Mar 10 20:32 vmlinuz ->  vmlinuz-3.11.10-34-desktop                                                 
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  5186696 Feb  3 14:49 vmlinuz-3.11.10-34-desktop                                                            
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  5428568 Feb 26 02:24 vmlinuz-3.12.53-40-desktop                                                            
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       26 Mar 10 02:23 vmlinuz.bad -> vmlinuz-3.12.53-40-desktop      
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       25 Mar 10 20:33 initrd -> initrd-3.11.10-34-desktop
-rw------- 1 root root 31637097 Mar 10 09:43 initrd-3.11.10-34-desktop
-rw------- 1 root root 31682305 Mar 10 09:44 initrd-3.12.53-40-desktop
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       25 Mar 10 09:44 initrd.bad -> initrd-3.12.53-40-desktop 

are we sure the current nvidia packages are compatible with the new kernel ?

> rpm -qa | grep nvidia
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-default-304.125_k3.11.6_4-33.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-304.108_k3.11.6_4-31.2.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-default-304.125_k3.11.6_4-38.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-304.125_k3.11.6_4-34.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-pae-304.119_k3.11.6_4-33.1.i586
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-pae-304.128_k3.11.6_4-33.1.i586
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-304.123_k3.11.6_4-31.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-304.125_k3.11.6_4-35.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-304.117_k3.11.6_4-28.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-304.125_k3.11.6_4-32.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-pae-304.131_k3.11.6_4-38.1.i586
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-pae-304.121_k3.11.6_4-31.1.i586
nvidia-computeG02-304.131-39.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-pae-304.121_k3.11.6_4-39.1.i586
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-pae-304.117_k3.11.6_4-28.1.i586
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-pae-304.119_k3.11.6_4-30.1.i586
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-304.125_k3.11.6_4-33.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-pae-304.125_k3.11.6_4-32.1.i586
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-default-304.123_k3.11.6_4-31.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-default-304.125_k3.11.6_4-35.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-pae-304.121_k3.11.6_4-37.1.i586
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-default-304.125_k3.11.6_4-34.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-304.119_k3.11.6_4-33.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-default-304.108_k3.11.6_4-31.2.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-pae-304.108_k3.11.6_4-31.2.i586
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-default-304.131_k3.11.6_4-36.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-pae-304.125_k3.11.6_4-38.1.i586
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-default-304.131_k3.11.6_4-38.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-pae-304.131_k3.11.6_4-36.1.i586
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-default-304.121_k3.11.6_4-31.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-pae-304.125_k3.11.6_4-34.1.i586
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-304.121_k3.11.6_4-37.1.x86_64
x11-video-nvidiaG02-304.131-39.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-304.128_k3.11.6_4-33.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-304.119_k3.11.6_4-30.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-pae-304.125_k3.11.6_4-33.1.i586
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-default-304.119_k3.11.6_4-30.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-default-304.125_k3.11.6_4-32.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-pae-304.123_k3.11.6_4-31.1.i586
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-pae-304.125_k3.11.6_4-35.1.i586
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-304.131_k3.11.6_4-36.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-304.131_k3.11.6_4-38.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-304.121_k3.11.6_4-31.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-default-304.117_k3.11.6_4-28.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-default-304.128_k3.11.6_4-33.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-default-304.119_k3.11.6_4-33.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-desktop-304.125_k3.11.6_4-38.1.x86_64
nvidia-gfxG02-kmp-default-304.121_k3.11.6_4-37.1.x86_64 

anybody had succes reinstalling "all nvidia" from scratch ?

[Tallowwood]

Try removing all nvidia packages completely and reinstall the driver from scratch.

Tried that (item 3 in list above, using yast2 software management), the re-installed drivers still failed to load. The installation log showed many similar warnings as reported above. I found some pertinent comments related to these warnings on CentOS forum here but I lack skill to relate that case to openSUSE 13.1.

[wolfi323]

are we sure the current nvidia packages are compatible with the new kernel ?

Well, they are compatible with Leap 42.1's much newer 4.1.x kernel, so yes they should be.

But: you need to build the kernel module for the 3.12 kernel, 3.12 is *not* compatible to 3.11, a module built for 3.11 will not work.

So again, remove all nvidia packages, then boot to kernel 3.12, and then install the driver again while running on 3.12. The module is being compiled for the running kernel when you install the kmp package.

[Ralle4711]

same here 13.1, had to revert my booted kernel:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       26 Mar 10 20:32 vmlinuz ->  vmlinuz-3.11.10-34-desktop                                                 
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  5186696 Feb  3 14:49 vmlinuz-3.11.10-34-desktop                                                            
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  5428568 Feb 26 02:24 vmlinuz-3.12.53-40-desktop                                                            
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       26 Mar 10 02:23 vmlinuz.bad -> vmlinuz-3.12.53-40-desktop      
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       25 Mar 10 20:33 initrd -> initrd-3.11.10-34-desktop
-rw------- 1 root root 31637097 Mar 10 09:43 initrd-3.11.10-34-desktop
-rw------- 1 root root 31682305 Mar 10 09:44 initrd-3.12.53-40-desktop
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       25 Mar 10 09:44 initrd.bad -> initrd-3.12.53-40-desktop 

simply replacing symbolic links will do it? Just to be sure, before rebooting.
Anybody done that?

[wolfi323]

simply replacing symbolic links will do it?

Changing the symlinks in /boot will do absolutely nothing.

Again, you need to compile the nvidia kernel module for Kernel 3.12 to be able to use it with Kernel 3.12. Re-installing it while using Kernel 3.12 will do that.

In case you wanted to know how to boot a different kernel, you can select it in "Advanced Options" in the boot menu.
And you can uninstall specific kernels in YaST via the "Versions" tab e.g.

[cheesus]

Changing the symlinks in /boot will do absolutely nothing.

Ahem, if your grub config points to the symlinks, like mine, this will make you boot the old kernel, of course.
I just posted this to show the old and new version numbers we are talking about...
Sorry if I confused people.