[CentOS] Nvidia Mod Update

[Ned Slider]

On 08/02/15 14:24, Pete Geenhuizen wrote:
> 
> On 02/08/15 07:45, Ned Slider wrote:
>>
>> On 08/02/15 12:33, Pete Geenhuizen wrote:
>> No, you don't have the package kmod-nvidia-340xx installed. You have
>> kmod-nvidia VERSION 340.65. In the first example, the package NAME is
>> kmod-nvidia-340xx (the -340xx is part of the package name, NOT the
>> version).
>>
>> Please do as I advised:
>>
>> yum erase kmod-nvidia
>> yum install kmod-nvidia-340xx
>> reboot
>>
>> Because you now no longer have package kmod-nvidia installed, yum will
>> not try to update you to the latest version. You will stay forever on
>> the 340.xx branch which is the last version to support your hardware.
>>
>> Hope that helps
>>
> Oops, yup right you are, kinda missed that small but important detail.
> 
> Thx.
> Pete
> 

No problem Pete.

Now you are on the correct branch you will continue to get updates to
that 340.xx driver as and when nvidia release them. IIRC, nvidia said
they would continue to support the 340.xx legacy branch until the end of
2019, so for the best part of another 5 years :-)