[CentOS] Problem with nvidia-drv-x11 when upgrading to CentOS 5.2

Sat Jun 28 14:51:07 UTC 2008
John <jses27 at gmail.com>

Great1 OK, Thank a lot... 


JohnStanley

-----Original Message-----
From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf
Of Bernhard Gschaider
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 5:33 PM
To: CentOS mailing list
Subject: Re: [CentOS] Problem with nvidia-drv-x11 when upgrading to CentOS
5.2


>>>>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:25:42 -0400 "J" == John  <jses27 at gmail.com> 
>>>>> wrote:

    J> Keep me Posted on what happens please. John

You mean whether the nvidia-x11-drv package works inter-5.2 during
kernel-updates? Today a new kernel-update arrived and two of my machines
recompiled the driver without problem (so it seems to be a
5.1->5.2 problem)

Bernhard

    J> -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org
    J> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Bernhard
    J> Gschaider Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 4:55 AM To: CentOS
    J> mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Problem with nvidia-drv-x11
    J> when upgrading to CentOS 5.2


>>>>> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:13:11 -0400 "J" == John  <jses27 at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:

    J> -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org
    J> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Marko
    J> A. Jennings Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 3:18 PM To:
    J> centos at centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] Problem with
    J> nvidia-drv-x11 when upgrading to CentOS 5.2

    J> On Tue, June 24, 2008 3:08 pm, Bernhard Gschaider wrote:
    >>> Hi!
    >>> 
    >>> I know that the nvidia-drv-x11-package is from RPMForge, but I
    >>> thought I might mention it here.
    >>> 

    J> <problem snipped>

    J> ----------------------------------------------- Have you tried
    J> an older version of the driver from rpmforge? Do that First and
    J> see how that turns out. I myself am a fan of the Nvidia Drivers
    J> from nvidia.com. Meantime CentOS 5.2 is Very New and they may
    J> very well be issues with driver Stability yet to be.

    J> http://wiki.centos.org/HardwareList/Nvidia_Graphics This is a
    J> link of how to install the nvidia driver from
    J> nvidia.com. **WARNING** It is not finished but there should be
    J> enough info there to get to rolling in the right direction. You
    J> need to be aware it is a draft only. Cent OS 5.2 will also be
    J> included in it with in the next 30 days as time alows me.

    J> Alternativly after you get one Nvidia.com driver going on one
    J> machine, you could copy the built kernel module over to other
    J> machines providing they have the same card. Warning, I do not
    J> condone such as that. Good Luck...

    J> Hi John!

    J> As I understand it the nvidia-x11-drv IS the nvidia.com-driver
    J> just repackaged in such a way that it automatically recompiles
    J> itself if a new kernel is installed. For the
    J> vanilla-nvidia-drivers I had to write a script for that and the
    J> number of workstation here is not big enough that it justifies
    J> that (I did that, but it never worked 100% and testing a boot
    J> time script is a pain in the a##) Obviously the script in the
    J> RPM-package doesn't know how to behave during an upgrade (let's
    J> see how it fares when the first 5.2-kernel-update comes along)

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