by jiml8 » Sep 10th, '16, 02:35
There are several optional kernel packages that have to be installed to get DKMS working. I can't tell you offhand what they are, but at an earlier point in time I had to install them when DKMS did not work for me. Doktor probably knows.
The 367 driver works fine with M5; I am running it here. I upgraded the driver the last time I upgraded the kernel. It is compiled for DKMS, and that seems to have worked OK though of course I won't really know until the next time I upgrade the kernel.
I would suggest you try uninstalling the M5 Nvidia driver before installing the driver from the Nvidia website. The M5 driver package installs some libraries in a fashion different than how the driver from Nvidia does, and this could be leaving you with conflicts after the installation, which would be the reason you cannot boot.
Actually, when you do this, you will find that a number of packages that Mageia installs will require you to reinstall the Nvidia driver after an update. Any package that is associated with graphics is likely to cause this issue. Xorg certainly does, as does Mesa. I believe kdebase also does, and there are others. Basically, if you do updates and have problems with your desktop, the first thing you should do is reinstall the nvidia driver.
I have gotten used to it. I first started directly installing nvidia drivers nearly 15 years ago with an early version of Mandrake. I don't really recall why I did that, but I have continued that way clear to the present time.