Re: livna nvidia rpm's - how uninstall?

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> Here's my situation - I have kernel 2.6.8-1.521, I
> installed the Livna Nvidia rpms:
> 
>   [root@localhost root]# rpm -qa | grep nvidia
>   kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.8-1.521-1.0.6106-0.lvn.4.2
>   nvidia-glx-1.0.6106-0.lvn.4.2
> 
> But I'm having problems - Chromium doesn't work, and
> neither does Tux Racer.  So I thought I would download
> the driver right from Nvidia.  But first I need to
> uninstall the Livna Nvidia rpms.
> 
> Here's what happens:
> 
>   [root@localhost root]# rpm -e kernel-module-nvidia
> error: package kernel-module-nvidia is not installed
> [root@localhost root]# rpm -e nvidia-glx
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.6106 is needed by
> (installed)
> kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.8-1.521-1.0.6106-0.lvn.4.2
> 
> 
> So I did
>   rm /var/lib/rpm/__db.*
>   rpm --rebuilddb
> 
> and that didn't even do the trick - same errors trying
> to erase the nvidia rpms.
> 
> Anyone know how to correct this?
> 
> TIA.
> 
> Hardy Merrill
> 
> 

Try rpm -e kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.8.521-1.0.6106 nvidia-glx-1.0.6106-0

In other words do both at once and let rpm solve dependency issues.

-- 
Richard E Miles
Federal Way WA.
registered linux user 46097



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