Fedora kernels [4.10.x-200] + Negativo17 nvidia RPM [nvidia-driver-381.22-6] fail: X server doesn't start ...

[nyceyes]

@aplattner

This indicates a dependency problem:

(EE) glx: module ABI major version (9) doesn't match the server's version (10)

I think this indicates that it’s picking up the Mesa version of libglx rather than the NVIDIA one, and that the Mesa one is from the wrong version of the X server.

Unfortunately, this is a packaging problem rather than a problem with the driver itself, so I don’t know how much help I’ll be able to be. Someone from the Fedora community who is more familiar with the Negativo repository might have a better idea of what to try.

Edit: I forgot to mention that you should look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log to find more details about why the server actually failed to start.

Thank you for your reply. I agree it’s a dependency / incompatibility issue. I’ve been waiting for another kernel update (via dnf -y update), and today another finally came: 4.11.3-200.fc25.x86_64

This one (a 4.11.x series kernel) works. So while I didn’t solve the issue directly, this update solves it indirectly. =:) I guess the people at Fedora and/or Negativo17 knew about the issue. All is good now. I hope this helps others.

Thank you!