---------- Original Message ----------- From: david walcroft <david_walcroft@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 16:48:57 +1000 Subject: Re: nvidia install with new 2129.nptl kernel > Wolfgang Gill wrote: > > ---------- Original Message ----------- > > From: david walcroft <david_walcroft@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 13:13:34 +1000 > > Subject: nvidia install with new 2129.nptl kernel > > > > > >>I seem to have the problem of removing the nvidia-module-kernel after > >>booting to 2129.nptl,as X didnt boot,I 'rpm -e' at the shell and > >>'rpm -U' rpm said that it is already installed. I then boot back to > >>2115.nptl but I cannot remove this rpm,even tried rebuilding 'rpmdb' > >> > >>With this nvidia rpm,is there a method of installing to a non-active > >>kernel similar to NVidia's .bin driver. > >> > >> Thanks david. > > ------- End of Original Message ------- > > > > You don't need to remove the NVidia kernel module. You just need to boot into > > the new kernel and recompile the Nvidia driver. > > > > Goto to the directory where you stored the driver and issue the following:- > > > > export CC=gcc32 > > ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2.run (Then follow the prompts) > > > > The driver will be rebuilt for the new kernel. You will NOT need to change > > anything else. Run X, and all will run as before. > > > > Just make sure that you have also gotten the Kernel Source as well, otherwise > > the above proceedure will not work. (For the new kernel that is) > > > > Wolf > > > > > Wolf, as I wrote , I can not remove the nvidia-module-kernel, rpm -e > says it's > not installed and rpm -U says it is. > I'll try your suggestion but I dont like orphans in the system and > would prefer to get the rpm out first. > > david ------- End of Original Message ------- I understand that, as I'm in the same boat. I originally installed the *.RPM's as well, and I can't remove them either, due to dependencies. However, if I knew about the export function, I would not have done it that way. Until I can work out how to remove it, it will have to stay. But the system works ok, without a problem, using the new method I described earlier. Wolf -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)
