Re-install old kernel default

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Are we sure Kepler is still supported?

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Post is not empty, but itā€™s too late to edit my previous post.

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@mrmazda It is showing supported;

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 1287

https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/470.256.02/README/supportedchips.html

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@Prexy and what about the output from /sbin/modinfo nvidia | grep filename

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/sbin/modinfo nvidia | grep filename
modinfo: ERROR: Module nvidia not found.
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@Prexy So it didnā€™t rebuild, you need to force the re-install zypper in -f nvidia-gfxG05-kmp-default watch the output for errors.

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There were hundreds of lines of code but this is the beginning. It shows the errors. I looked at yast to see if those files were available. They were not.

Retrieving: nvidia-gfxG05-kmp-default-470.256.02_k6.10.5_1-62.14.x86_64 (nVidia Graphics
Drivers)
                                                                        (1/1),  24.6 MiB    
Retrieving: nvidia-gfxG05-kmp-default-470.256.02_k6.10.5_1-62.14.x86_64.r[done (11.8 MiB/s)]

Checking for file conflicts: .........................................................[done]
depmod: ERROR: fstatat(5, nvidia-drm.ko): No such file or directory
depmod: ERROR: fstatat(5, nvidia-modeset.ko): No such file or directory
depmod: ERROR: fstatat(5, nvidia-uvm.ko): No such file or directory
depmod: ERROR: fstatat(5, nvidia.ko): No such file or directory
depmod: ERROR: fstatat(5, nvidia-drm.ko): No such file or directory
depmod: ERROR: fstatat(5, nvidia-modeset.ko): No such file or directory
depmod: ERROR: fstatat(5, nvidia-uvm.ko): No such file or directory
depmod: ERROR: fstatat(5, nvidia.ko): No such file or directory
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-6.10.11-1-obj/x86_64/default'
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-6.10.11-1-obj/x86_64/default'
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@Prexy Likely further down and at the end. I suspect those errors are related to it not being built and starting to build the module (the makeā€¦ output).

You likely need to go use less -r /var/log/zypp/history to review the zypper history file to see the whole process in reverse (-r option - latest to oldest).

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zypper in -f nvidia-gfxG05-kmp-default less -r /var/log/zypp/history
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Forcing installation of 'nvidia-gfxG05-kmp-default-470.256.02_k6.10.5_1-62.14.x86_64' from repository 'nVidia Graphics Drivers'.
Forcing installation of 'less-661-1.1.x86_64' from repository 'Main Repository (OSS)'.
'/var/log/zypp/history' not found in package names. Trying capabilities.
No provider of '/var/log/zypp/history' found.
'-r' not found in package names. Trying capabilities.
No provider of '-r' found.
Resolving package dependencies...

The following 2 packages are going to be reinstalled:
  less nvidia-gfxG05-kmp-default

2 packages to reinstall.

Package download size:    24.8 MiB

Package install size change:
            |     114.9 MiB  required by packages that will be installed
       0 B  |  -  114.9 MiB  released by packages that will be removed

I didnā€™t know what to do with this, so I cancelled. I canā€™t tell what is important to show you on the large file , so if you choose, you can look at it here
very long zypper in nvidia file

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@Prexy the only thing to run is less -r /var/log/zypp/history after the re-installā€¦

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Not sure what I should try to show you. That command produced a file with over 57,000 lines. The start of it showed no errors. I paged down to the end and there were no errors in the last 100 lines or so.

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@Prexy I should have date/time stamps, it should start (as the file is in reverse) with the end of the install and work back to the beginning. The history file contains more info than we are looking atā€¦

Donā€™t really know, uninstall all of the nvidia stuff, reboot and see what happens with the nouveau driver.

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this would be funny if it werenā€™t so aggravating. I uninstalled (via yast) everything with the word nvidia in it, except libdrm-nouveau2 which I thought was needed to communicate with the chip. I then added what I thought I would need to make the chip work with nouveau. It was a guess but it was xf86-video-nouveau.

I then rebooted and got exactly the same display as before! Nothing changed! Discover said I had updates, so I ran zypper dup and it brought back ALL of the nvidia files! I rebooted again and there is no change from when I started all this. Itā€™s cursed.

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Did you pull in the new kernel with the dup? Get a $20 Quadro card off eBay to run the latest drivers or an Intel Arc 310?

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Yes. The update pulled in 6.11. I looked into new video cards and saw nothing under $100. Also, I donā€™t know what I should look for. No gaming etc for me. Little photo/video use.

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Pardon me, I was just passing through the forums trying to make sure nobody else fell over the currently broken nvidia driver/kernelā€¦ This might be relevant to you at the moment? Issues with kernel 6.11.0-1-default and Nvidia drivers - #3 by pallaswept

Edit for clarity: This is a different problem to the one youā€™re reporting, itā€™s a temporary issue, but if youā€™re getting the new kernel, it may effect your attempts to fix the original issue.

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@Prexy Iā€™m about to get a Sparkle Intel Arc A310 ECO (Amazon $100).

So what does the current inxi -Gxxz show?

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I think Iā€™ll check out prime days for a video card. Even though itā€™s not a lot of money, I hate to lose this battle! Anyway, here is the output:

inxi -Gxxz
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GK208B [GeForce GT 730] vendor: Bitland Information
    driver: N/A arch: Kepler-2 pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1287
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.12 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.2
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nouveau
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa failed: nvidia alternate: nv gpu: N/A
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1024x768 s-dpi: 96
  Monitor-1: default res: 1024x768 size: N/A
  API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: swrast
    x11: drv: swrast inactive: gbm,wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 24.1.7 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes
    renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 18.1.8 256 bits) device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff
  API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.
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@Prexy Quadro K, M or P cards off eBay are another optionā€¦ Maxwell or Pascal should be good for a few more years eg;
NVIDIA GM107GL [Quadro K620] current (as of 2024-09; EOL~2026-12-xx)

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@Prexy One place we havenā€™t looked is in /etc/dracut.conf.d/ director, what files are present ls -lah /etc/dracut.conf.d/