Re: urgent problem: "NVIDIA kernel module missing..." [SOLVED]

On 12/30/21 2:36 PM, home user wrote: > (f34) > > I'm using my old windows-7 box to do e-mail. > > I did my weekly patches ("dnf upgrade") an hour ago.  After rebooting, > after the rightmost rectangle turns white, I get the message "NVIDIA > kernel module missing. Falling back to nouveau.". A few seconds later, > the 3 rectangles turn orange.  Then the screens go black and nothing > further happens.  I have to use the reset button on the top of the > tower.  The behavior is the same no matter which of the 3 grub menu > Fedora entries I choose.  No luck with the rescue mode (f30).  I do > have an f31 live USB stick, but that has no e-mail client. > > How do I get my f34 working properly?  All I have to work with is > windows-7 (this is a dual-boot workstation) and the f31 live USB > stick. Please keep in mind that I'm a "home user" with no sys.admin. > training. My sys.admin. skills are *very* basic. Ed's solution, removing the old driver (dnf erase *nvidia*), then installing the correct driver (dnf install akmod-nvidia-470xx) worked. The problem arose when my weekly patches updated the working driver with a newer one that does not support my NVIDIA Corporation GK106 [GeForce GTX 660] graphics card. I thank Ed for his time and effort on this issue. I've marked this thread "SOLVED".