Ok, I removed XFree86-Mesa-libGL-4.3.0-55 and what should I also remove
XFree86-Mesa-libGLU-4.3.0-55 if I'm using nvidia drivers with kernel2.6?
michaz
Well, rpm 2.6. is installed with deps solved. I've rebuild nvidia
glx video driver
but X hangs my computer. There were some mouse and keyb failures.
Any ideas?
You might need to edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config and change the
reference to "/dev/psaux" to "/dev/input/mice"
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" # change this to
"/dev/input/mice" for later versions of the 2.6 kernel.
Ok, It's done. I've rebuild nvidia drivers for new kernel but X still
completely hangs computer.
Don't know what doest it mean.
If you are running both the 2.4 and the 2.6 kernel for different
reasons. You will either have to edit the XF86Config file when
changing from one kernel to the other version or use a symlink from
"/dev/mouse" to point to "/dev/psaux" for the 2.4 kernel and to
"/dev/input/mice" for the 2.6 kernel.
I don't understand. How can I do one symlink to two destinations?
You'd just have /dev/mouse in your XF86Config fle and would have to
run a script to change where the symlink points to, depending on the
kernel version that you are running. Personally, I just log in as
root, run mc, then edit the XF86Config file and change the line to the
correct mouse device. On my system, /dev/mouse is a symlink to
/dev/psaux. I use /dev/psaux instead of referencing the /dev/mouse
symlink.
I was thinking that you might be able to come up with a script that
echoes the computer that you are running and sets the symlink
/dev/mouse to point to the correct real device driver. I guess you
could echo the output of "uname -r" and change the symlink based on
the output. (2.4* or 2.6* or something)
About the nvidia driver locking up X, did you rpm -e the mesa drivers
before you installed the nvidia drivers? I have a computer that has
nvidia video. I never tried to put Linux on it because of the closed
drivers though. I seem to remember that the mesa drivers supplied with
XFree86 conflict with library files or something. You might want to
browse the list archives for the details. I believe it was discussed
at length a month or so ago.
Good luck on getting the nvidia driver to work.
Jim
