David Boles wrote:
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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. ;-)
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~ David
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Well I see where anyone would get confused. I had to look at the
kernel I am now using and tried two that were wrong before I got the
right one. I think there are 25 Nvidia packages on freshrpm.
I hope it will be automatic from now on :-)
Karl
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