[CentOS] atrpms nvidia cannot load

[Akemi Yagi]

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 6:59 AM, John <jses27 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 06:26 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote:
>  > On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 6:14 AM, John <jses27 at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > > On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 14:18 +0200, Niki Kovacs wrote:
>  > >  >
>  > >  > So I went to www.nvidia.com, downloaded the package and built it myself.
>  > >  > Works like a charm. And updates end up in weak-updates anyway :oD
>  > >  >
>  > >  > Niki
>  > >
>  > >  Right it just works. But remember every Kernel Upgrade You Have to
>  > >  Reinstall the Driver. Don't forget....
>  >
>  > Normally yes, but Niki says the driver goes to weak-updates upon
>  > kernel update.  Wonder if this actually eliminated the need for
>  > rebuilding in his case.
>  >
>  > Akemi
>
>  Ahh, I know what he's talking about now. When you install the module it
>  will go out to nvidia to check for newer kernel modules. It prompts you
>  for a choice to build one or get one download one from nvidia. I always
>  build the module when I do a kernel upgrade. Now keep in mind my nvidea
>  card is way older than his and I use the older drivers that as of now
>  will not be updated anymore. The newer driver packages from them may
>  include different options. Like for instance the weekly updates???
>  Maybe??

Erm, it is not weekly update, it is weak-updates -- a mechanism that
allows for use of modules from an earlier version.  See
/sbin/weak-modules for some more details.  I do not know if the nvidia
driver is kABI compatible.

Akemi