-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Claude Jones wrote: | On Sat January 12 2008, Karl Larsen wrote: |> I would like to try the re-packaged rpm files from Fedora. How do |> you start the update system so it works with every new kernel? I think |> someone said you have to go to freshrpms wherever that is :-) | | Karl: Go to freshrpms.net | | A little way down is the instruction: | "The easiest way to install freshrpms.net packages is to click here from | within firefox.........." | | Click on the word 'here' and that will install the freshrpms repo | Keep in mind that some packages from freshrpms MAY clash with packages from | the livna repository, if you also have that enabled. Tread carefully. | Personally, I switched to freshrpms as my sole repo for most non-fedora | packages. If you want to go with their nVidia package, you'll have to first | uninstall the tarball you've installed from the nVidia site. I don't remember | the instruction, but you should be able to find it. | | When you install the nVidia package from freshrpms, it will also pull | the 'dkms' package, which stands for 'dynamic kernel module script' - each | time you reboot your machine after that, that script will check your | installed nVidia kernel-module against your running kernel and if it's not | correct, it will automatically build a new kernel module for you before | continuing the boot - when your machine comes up after a new kernel update, | you will see this happen, and your machine will come up fully working with | the nVidia driver. | | Note that there are some reports of some folks having problems with a package | or two using the freshrpms package. I believe Gene H and Ric M have reported | such issues in the past. I have been running the freshrpms nVidia drivers on | multiple machines for a couple of years now without issues. I don't pay too much attention to those two. Ric is really crazy and Gene is really old. This is were I duck under my desk. ;-) - -- ~ David -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (MingW32) iEYEARECAAYFAkeI/J4ACgkQAO0wNI1X4QH9NACfX0bSixb9U97Hk2sdFq8pxvNp Bs8AoNnMsorVUMg3TUBmaN3UsFN5Nnos =b9rN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
