System only boots to read-only

[Doll, Margaret Ann]

The NVIDIA*304*run that I initially ran had worked on the system prior to
the problem with the system not booting properly.   This program also
worked yesterday on the sister system with the same setup.

I did try to run startx on init 3, but I got an error about the init not
having the support for the graphics.  Something like that.


On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 9:40 AM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:

> Doll, Margaret Ann wrote:
> > I reran the NVIDIA... run versions 304 and 319 several times.  Rebooted
> to
> > the 5 init state.
> >
> You'll need to google, to find on the Nvidia website, what driver works
> for what video card. Certainly, I think I've got at least one or two
> systems with old video cards that I have to use *only* the one old
> proprietary driver installer - newer ones ->will not work<-.
>
> > I got either that the versions between the kernel and the NVIDIA drivers
> > were incompatible, the ABI versions were not in agreement or the last few
> > times where a blank screen would appear at the end of the boot.
> > Replacing the libwfb.so from an identical computer with the same version
> > of the OS, brought the desktop up at boottime.
>
> Suggestion: easy test, rather that init 5, is startx. That may also give
> you more clues as to what's wrong.
>
>         mark
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 6:03 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:
> >
> >> Margaret,
> >>
> >> Doll, Margaret Ann wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I first tried
> >>
> >> > NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.64.run  which was running fine on the computer
> >> > without problems.
> >> >
> >> > I then ran  VIDIA-Linux-x86_64-319.60.run.   This is the version that
> >> I
> >> am
> >> > currently using on the "problem" computer.
> >> >
> >> > Along the way with many attempts, I received error messages such as
> >> >
> >> > NVIDIA kernel module ha version 256.44 but the NVIDIA driver componet
> >> has
> >> > version 304.64
> >>
> >> Right - it's telling you that you can't just copy from one server to
> >> another, unless they're *absolutely* identical hardware and o/s.
> >> >
> >> > Another error message with another attempt to get the display working
> >> --
> >> > ABI versions are not in agreement.
> >> >
> >> > The current directory /usr/lib64/xorg/modules contains
> >> >
> >> <snip>>
> >>
> >> > I kept the old link for libwfb.so as libwfb.old.so in case I had to
> >> > backtrack.
> >> >
> >> Bad, bad. Don't do that. Running the Nvidia package rebuilds the
> >> drivers,
> >> all of them, against the current running kernel.
> >>
> >> Every time you install a new kernel, you need to rebuild (like I just
> >> did
> >> on my own workstation when I got back to work this morning).
> >>
> >>        mark
> >>
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