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NVIDIA – New Driver – Breaks Kwin-x11

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 10, 2026 by RGSeptember 10, 2026

NVIDIA have released the latest of the ‘new feature branch’ drivers – 615.71.09 – and details are here:  https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/278450/ I tested this with Fedora/Plasma/KDE and Kernel 7.2.4, and it failed, with a black screen with no background or toolbar, although I could still get a console with the right-button menu, but kwin-x11 crashed multiple times..    I … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion | Tagged black screen, fedora, kwin crashes, new driver, nvidia 615.71.09, plasma/kde, revert to previous version | Leave a reply

3.12.5 – Problems? – No..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 12, 2013 by RGDecember 13, 2013

Just updated to Kernel 3.12.5, and quickly reverted to 3.12.4.. Update:   the problem turned out to be a badly-timed coincidental update to MariaDB (5.5.34)..   Reverting to the previous version (5.5.33a) fixed the problem..    Now running 3.12.5.. With 3.12.5, Avahi mDNS failed, and – more importantly – MariaDB would not start: mariadb.service – MariaDB database server    Loaded: … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., kernel, Linux, Opinion, Performance | Tagged avai mdns fail, back to 3.12.4, fixed, kernel 3.12.5, mariadb fail, mariadb update problem, problems, revert to previous version | Leave a reply
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