Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 03/14/2013 09:17 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> So, another admin I work with rolled out most (but not kernel) updates >> to 6.4... but including xorg. I log out the end of the day, and I'm hosed - >> no X. <snip> >> I try to upgrade kmod-nvidia from elrepo. Anyone got any good >> explanations >> as to why they'd put kmod-nvidia-310.40 in the repo, with the previous >> version not obvious... AND NOT HAVE THE *REQUIRED* nvidia-x11-drv-310.40 >> in there? Why not wait until both pieces could be uploaded, since >> kmod-nividia WILL NOT INSTALL without the other...? <snip> >> Also, is dkms coming in, or deprecated? > > None of those modules are in CentOS, but a 3rd party repo. That's fine. I found it annoying, but was trying to figure out whether to set that up with the proprietary driver or not. Thanks. > > How about you test your setup and how 3rd party repos interact with it > ... THEN ask on the 3rd party repo's own mailing list how or why their > packages no longer work with the update? I'd Have Been Glad To Test First... but read the first para, above.... Actually, also, I note that this does *not* happen with CentOS base; I just can't imagine why someone would do something that stupid as elrepo seems to have. mark