Re: kernel update confuses nvidia drivers, where's error message?

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On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 13:51 -1000, Dave Burns wrote:
> 
> Well, there is an nvidia.ko there now:
> # rpm -q --filesbypkg  kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.11-97.fc9.i686.i686
> kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.11-97.fc9.i686
> /lib/modules/2.6.25.11-97.fc9.i686/extra/nvidia
> kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.11-97.fc9.i686
> /lib/modules/2.6.25.11-97.fc9.i686/extra/nvidia/nvidia.ko
> 
> But it's not a match for the kernel I am currently using, which is:
> # uname -a
> Linux *** 2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686.PAE #1 SMP Mon Aug 4 13:57:11 EDT
> 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> 
> And...
>  rpm -qa|grep nvidia
> xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173.14.12-1.lvn9.i386
> kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.11-97.fc9.i686-173.14.12-2.lvn9.i686
> kmod-nvidia-PAE-173.14.12-2.lvn9.i686
> kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.11-97.fc9.i686.PAE-173.14.12-2.lvn9.i686
> kmod-nvidia-173.14.12-2.lvn9.i686
> 
> Is telling me that I have nvidia packages for kernel
> 2.6.25.11-97.fc9.i686 and 2.6.25.11-97.fc9.i686.PAE. So I should try
> booting one of those kernels. Which worked. Don't forget to
> nvidia-xconfig. And as always, with nvidia proprietary drivers
> (installed from livna), the usual system/administration/display panel
> doesn't work, instead use nvidia-settings from the command line.

There was a note yesterday or so that the Livna nvidia packages for the
latest kernel are delayed.  Keep trying....

> 
> buena suerte,
> Dave
> 
> 
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                Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs

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