Bob Hartung wrote:
Alright now, I have made progress.
uname --all reports:
Linux minitwr 2.6.14-1.1656_FC4 #1 Thu Jan 5 22:14:13 EST 2006 i686
athlon i386 GNU/Linux
This tells me that I have a i386 kernel installed. right?
rpm -qa | grep kernel reports:
kernel-doc-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4
kernel-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4
kernel-devel-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4
Now I now that the kernel-headers are for i686. As the error I get
after running the nVidia installer is that I have the wrong kernel
source installed, i can only surmise that the difference is between i386
and i686. Right?
Shouldn't matter.
So now, how can i force yum to upgrade/install the current i686 kernel
to replace the i386 kernel that I am currently running?
If you think I am completely wrong - say so! I do want to keep up on
this as I will eventually better understand what I did wrong and
therfore avoid repeating it and maybe be able to help someone else.
As a simple starting point, try deleting any symbolic links you created
as part of your earlier kernel source installation. Most likely, this
will be:
# rm /usr/src/linux
Then try running the nvidia installer script. My reasoning is that
*perhaps* the nvidia installer is following the /usr/src/linux symlink
to the wrong place.
If that doesn't work, try running the nvidia installer thusly (all on
one line):
# NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8174-pkg2.run
--kernel-source-path=/lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1656_FC4/build
--kernel-install-path=/lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1656_FC4/kernel/drivers/video
A friendly word of advice: When Fedora Core 5 is released, don't
"upgrade"; instead, perform a clean install.
Jay
