On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 21:37 -0600, Ron Siven wrote: > Linuxguy123 wrote: > > The kmod-nvidia package is missing for kernel 2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10. > > > > Yes, I know it is based on proprietary code. Lets not get into that. > > Its still missing. > > > > I make this post in case the powers that be don't realize its missing. > > > > Thanks for listening. > > > > > Linuxguy123, you are correct! I experienced the same as you. At least I am not alone. > I ran an update earlier this evening, but didn't get around to > restarting until later. kernel-devel and kernel-headers as well as > kernel were all part of the update. Right before the restart, I noticed > that packagekit had a new notification. I didn't get there in time to > see what it was, but had my suspicions. Lo and behold, upon logging > back into KDE, I got the dreaded white screen of nothingness. > > I did a quick ctrl-alt-f2 to log into CLI, and ran a sudo yum update. > kmod-nvidia was there at the wait. after update and subsequent reboot, > all is back to normal. I just ran yum update and it didn't install the new kmod-nvidia module. I ran yum list kmod-nvidia* and the new package isn't there. The new kmod-nvidia module is still not available on whatever mirror my computer connects to. I'll try again tomorrow. > Here's an excerpt from yum.log (notice kmod-nvidia removed, and not > reinstalled until later) > $ sudo tail -200 /var/log/yum.log > Mar 03 17:09:24 Updated: kernel-firmware-2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.noarch > Mar 03 17:11:43 Installed: kernel-devel-2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.x86_64 > Mar 03 17:11:45 Updated: kernel-headers-2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.x86_64 > Mar 03 17:12:15 Installed: kernel-2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.x86_64 > Mar 03 17:12:18 Erased: kmod-nvidia-2.6.27.9-159.fc10.x86_64 > Mar 03 17:12:44 Installed: kernel-2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.x86_64 > Mar 03 21:20:58 Installed: > kmod-nvidia-2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.x86_64-180.29-1.fc10.1.x86_64 > Mar 03 21:20:58 Updated: kmod-nvidia-180.29-1.fc10.1.x86_64 What is up with that ? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
