On Thursday 03 April 2008, Waleed Harbi wrote: >Try download nvidia driver from Nvidia web site, then download the >kernel-dev rpm via yum after that start the installation in level 3. >Nvidia they have driver for linux, and it is working fine with me. > >On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 8:31 PM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> > The kernels video API was changed withn the first 2.6.25 release candidate, and the driver available in the .12.run package will not build on 2.6.25-x kernels, unless they have released a new driver in the last 24 hours or so. I gave up, there is now an ati based 2400HD in this system. But I can't watch tv with tvtime now, that overlay interface is missing from the radeonhd driver. As a tv engineer, that sucks, so I'm damned either way. >wrote: >> On Thursday 03 April 2008, Robin Laing wrote: >> >Axel Thimm wrote: >> >> On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 10:51:56PM -0400, David Kramer wrote: >> >>> Axel Thimm wrote: >> >>>>> Does that mean it will prevent a kernel from getting installed if >> >> the >> >> >>>>> matching kmdls are not available? >> >>>> >> >>>> No, I didn't want a security update to be ladt off if it missed a >> >>>> kmdl. But if you install a kernel the moment it gets released (and >> >>>> therefore there are no kmdls yet available) once the kmdls are there >> >>>> yum-plugin-kmdl will make yum update get them for you. >> >>> >> >>> .. but this is a Bad Thing when it comes to nvdia, because the next >> >> time >> >> >>> you reboot, X won't start for a few days. In fact, most kmdls are >> >> pretty >> >> >>> important for day-to-day operations. Clearly I can see how someone >> >> else >> >> >>> would want it to work the way you designed it, but that SO doesn't >> >> work >> >> >>> for me. >> >> >> >> Well, one can change the plugin to behave as you want, but indeed most >> >> users wanted to be asyncronous and not be held back by any third party >> >> in getting their vendor updates. >> >> >> >> If you want to experiment: In the loop where it checks whether a kmdl >> >> exists or not just add in the case of a failure for a lookup to unmark >> >> the kernel for installation. Or to add UPDATEDEFAULT=no to >> >> /etc/sysconfig/kernel before installing it. >> > >> >What you are discussing is exactly what dkms is supposed to correct. >> > >> >dkms(8) - Linux man page >> >http://linux.die.net/man/8/dkms >> > >> >dkms is a framework which allows kernel modules to be dynamically built >> >for each kernel on your system in a simplified and organized fashion. >> > >> > >> >Since I moved to dkms, I have not had any issues with nvidia drivers on >> >any machine. :) >> >> Humm, can you say that for post 2.6.25-rc0 kernels? I don't think so, >> Robin. >> >> -- >> Cheers, Gene >> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: >> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." >> -Ed Howdershelt (Author) >> Money cannot buy love, nor even friendship. >> >> -- >> fedora-list mailing list >> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Your business will go through a period of considerable expansion.
