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On 02/12/2012 06:38 PM, Pete Travis wrote:
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On Feb 12, 2012 3:15 PM, "jonetsu" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hello all,<br>
><br>
> This afternoon I updated the F15 x86_64 workstation I use.
There<br>
> were quite a few updates in the pipe, so why not. There
was properly<br>
> working nvidia setup which gave high Xorg resolution.<br>
><br>
> Before proceeding there was a warning from yum about the
nvidia to<br>
> the effect that:<br>
><br>
>
1:kmod-nvidia-2.6.41.10-3.fc15.x86_64-280.13-2.fc15.16.x86_64<br>
><br>
> needs:<br>
><br>
> kernel-uname-r = 2.6.41.10-3.fc15.x86_64<br>
><br>
> And that I should use '--skip-broken' to proceed.<br>
><br>
> So I thought that since everything is working fine right
now, there is<br>
> nothing to loose to ignore this.<br>
><br>
> Wrong.<br>
><br>
> When the update was done I rebooted and no more X server.
kernel<br>
> 2.6.42.3-2.fc15.x86_64 was installed.<br>
><br>
> After a bit of time I decided to edit grub.conf to boot the
previous<br>
> kernel which was 2.6.41.4-1.fc15.x86_64.<br>
><br>
> So now I have graphical output but only in 1024 low
resolution.<br>
><br>
> How can I get back the high resolution eg, to get back the
nvidia<br>
> driver in line ? I have both Fedora and rpm fusion
repositories<br>
> configured.<br>
><br>
> uname -a is now:<br>
><br>
> 2.6.41.4-1.fc15.x86_64<br>
><br>
> When I try a 'yum install kmod-nvidia' (hopefully thinking
it would<br>
> install one for the current kernel) there is the same
complaint:<br>
><br>
> kmod-nvidia-2.6.41.10-3.fc15.x86_64-280.13-2.fc15.16.x86_64<br>
><br>
> needs:<br>
><br>
> kernel-uname-r = 2.6.41.10-3.fc15.x86_64<br>
><br>
> Which is not part of the three kernels that are installed
and available.<br>
><br>
> Is it possible to precisely ask yum to install the<br>
> 2.6.41.10-3.fc15.x86_64 kernel that would work with nvidia
?<br>
><br>
> Or...<br>
><br>
> How to get back high resolution and if possible, how to get
it back with<br>
> the new kernel that was just installed,
2.6.42.3-2.fc15.x86_64, to<br>
> which I can point grub to ?<br>
><br>
> Thanks.<br>
> --<br>
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<p>yum install akmod-nvidia</p>
<p>The akmod will build the module locally when there is disparity
between the kmod and kernel versions. You can install them both
and not think about it again.</p>
<p>Do NOT install the NVIDIA...RUN blob. We have sane repos and
competent package management, there is no reason to abandon them
because rpmfusion is a day or two behind the kernel. This
method is not sustainable, irrevocably changes system files that
it shouldn't, and is not supportable here.</p>
<p>So, please use an akmod or the old kernel for a few days.</p>
<p>--pete</p>
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akmod's do *NOT* work with the debug versions of the kernel so, if
you want to run the nVidia driver and not the broken nouveau driver,
you *must* get the "blob" from the nVidia website and, yes, rebuild
it every time you want to run a new debug kernel (keep in mind that
you have to tweak kernel/nv.c so that the stupid license allows you
to rebuild). Not really that big of a deal if you are dropping to
multi-user target on reboot anyway and using startx to start your
gui. Just do the rebuild prior to running the startx. Maybe 2-3
minutes more time to wait.<br>
<br>
I would *much* prefer to use akmod's for this but....<br>
<br>
Kevin<br>
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