On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 12:06 +1100, Steffen Kluge wrote: > On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 22:44 -0500, M. Lewis wrote: > > Error: Missing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.7676 is needed by package > > kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.13-1.1532_FC4 > The root cause of this issue is that kernel and kernel module packages > can exist in multiple versions on the same system, since they live in > versioned directories and have no conflicting files. Other packages > (like nvidia-glx) cannot have multiple versions installed at the same > time. If you want to use the latest kernel with NVidia's proprietary > driver you have to wave your old NVidia kernel modules good-bye. That > means no proprietary NVidia driver support when you boot older kernels. > > Nobody's fault, really. I disagree - It's basically livna's fault. They ought to rebuild kernel-module-nvidia for all kernels currently being used. Otherwise, users will not be able to update. > The only way out would be convincing someone to > build the NVidia modules against x number of older kernels, as well. Exactly. Ralf
