<br>Try download nvidia driver from Nvidia web site, then download the kernel-dev rpm via yum after that start the installation in level 3. <br>Nvidia they have driver for linux, and it is working fine with me.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 8:31 PM, Gene Heskett <<a href="mailto:gene.heskett@verizon.net">gene.heskett@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Thursday 03 April 2008, Robin Laing wrote:<br>
>Axel Thimm wrote:<br>
>> On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 10:51:56PM -0400, David Kramer wrote:<br>
>>> Axel Thimm wrote:<br>
>>>>> Does that mean it will prevent a kernel from getting installed if the<br>
>>>>> matching kmdls are not available?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> No, I didn't want a security update to be ladt off if it missed a<br>
>>>> kmdl. But if you install a kernel the moment it gets released (and<br>
>>>> therefore there are no kmdls yet available) once the kmdls are there<br>
>>>> yum-plugin-kmdl will make yum update get them for you.<br>
>>><br>
>>> .. but this is a Bad Thing when it comes to nvdia, because the next time<br>
>>> you reboot, X won't start for a few days. In fact, most kmdls are pretty<br>
>>> important for day-to-day operations. Clearly I can see how someone else<br>
>>> would want it to work the way you designed it, but that SO doesn't work<br>
>>> for me.<br>
>><br>
>> Well, one can change the plugin to behave as you want, but indeed most<br>
>> users wanted to be asyncronous and not be held back by any third party<br>
>> in getting their vendor updates.<br>
>><br>
>> If you want to experiment: In the loop where it checks whether a kmdl<br>
>> exists or not just add in the case of a failure for a lookup to unmark<br>
>> the kernel for installation. Or to add UPDATEDEFAULT=no to<br>
>> /etc/sysconfig/kernel before installing it.<br>
><br>
>What you are discussing is exactly what dkms is supposed to correct.<br>
><br>
>dkms(8) - Linux man page<br>
><a href="http://linux.die.net/man/8/dkms" target="_blank">http://linux.die.net/man/8/dkms</a><br>
><br>
>dkms is a framework which allows kernel modules to be dynamically built<br>
>for each kernel on your system in a simplified and organized fashion.<br>
><br>
><br>
>Since I moved to dkms, I have not had any issues with nvidia drivers on<br>
>any machine. :)<br>
><br>
</div></div>Humm, can you say that for post 2.6.25-rc0 kernels? I don't think so, Robin.<br>
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