BTW, just wanted to let everyone know that although the Livna.org Nvidia rpm's didn't work for me, uninstalling them and downloading and running the nvidia installer worked fine. I can now play Chromium and Tux Racer :-) Hardy Merrill --- Richard E Miles <r.godzilla@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Shop for Back-to-School deals on Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com/backtoschool
