[CentOS] kmod-nvidia problems

Sun Dec 11 02:04:47 UTC 2016
Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>

On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 04:31:50PM -0500, Scott Robbins wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 12:49:50PM -0800, Alice Wonder wrote:
> > On 12/10/2016 12:28 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote:
> > >On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 12:21 PM, Rob Kampen <rkampen at kampensonline.com> wrote:
> > >>Hi List,
> > >>
> > >>I use the kmod-nvidia package on my CentOS workstations.
> > >>
> > >>Always this has "just worked".
> > >>
> > >>Doing a yum update this morning I now get this:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>09:15:28 : ERROR:   Package: kmod-nvidia-367.57-2.el7.elrepo.x86_64 (elrepo)
> > >>    Requires: kernel(drm_atomic_helper_plane_reset) = 0xabd4c98d
> > >>    Installed: kernel-3.10.0-327.28.2.el7.x86_64 (@updates)
> > >>        kernel(drm_atomic_helper_plane_reset) = 0xb23805db
> 
> This is a known issue.  I think you can find mention of it on the forums,
> but I don't remember where I actually found mention of it. 
> 
> It has to do with what will be needed when 7.3 comes along.  
> Ah here's the link.
> https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=59965

I've been doing:

yum --exclude=\*nvidia\*, since I'm not currently taking the CR updates.

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