nVidia drivers

[Jamie Bohr]

I went to install a nvidia driver today and learned there are issues with
livna.  Do any one know when/if it is going to be fixed?


I get the following if any one is curious:

# yum install kmod-nvidia
....
Dependencies Resolved

=============================================================================
 Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
=============================================================================
Installing:
 kmod-nvidia             i686       1.0.9746-1.2.6.19_1.2911.fc6
livna             2.3 M
Installing for dependencies:
 kernel                  i686       2.6.19-1.2911.fc6  updates            16
M
 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia     i386       1.0.9746-7.lvn6  livna             4.9 M

Transaction Summary
=============================================================================
Install      3 Package(s)
Update       0 Package(s)
Remove       0 Package(s)

Total download size: 24 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test


Transaction Check Error:   package kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 is already
installed
  file /boot/System.map-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 from install of
kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 conflicts with file from package
kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6
  file /boot/config-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 from install of
kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 conflicts with file from package
kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6
  file /boot/symvers-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6.gz from install of
kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 conflicts with file from package
kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6
  file /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 from install of
kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6 conflicts with file from package
kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.fc6

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Jamie Bohr

[Jason L Tibbitts III]

> >>>> "JB" == Jamie Bohr
> <jamiebohr(a)gmail.com&gt; writes: 
JB> I went to install a nvidia driver today and learned there are
JB> issues with livna.

Are you sure it's not an issue with your system?  Run
  rpm -q --qf '%{ARCH}\n' kernel kernel-smp
and if it shows "i586" then the problem isn't with livna, it's with
your machine which has gotten the wrong kernel installed due to an
installer bug.  I can't recall at the moment the procedure for fixing
that.

 - J<

[Jamie Bohr]

Yep, that is the problem.  Now .... how do I fix it?

On 28 Feb 2007 17:21:24 -0600, Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs(a)math.uh.edu&gt;
wrote:
>  >>>>> "JB" == Jamie Bohr <jamiebohr(a)gmail.com&gt; writes:
>
>  JB> I went to install a nvidia driver today and learned there are
>  JB> issues with livna.
>
>  Are you sure it's not an issue with your system?  Run
>    rpm -q --qf '%{ARCH}\n' kernel kernel-smp
>  and if it shows "i586" then the problem isn't with livna, it's with
>  your machine which has gotten the wrong kernel installed due to an
>  installer bug.  I can't recall at the moment the procedure for fixing
>  that.
>
>  - J<
>
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[Ian Astley]

Jamie Bohr wrote:
>  Yep, that is the problem.  Now .... how do I fix it?
>
>  On 28 Feb 2007 17:21:24 -0600, *Jason L Tibbitts III* 
>  <tibbs(a)math.uh.edu <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>
>      >>>>> "JB" == Jamie Bohr < jamiebohr(a)gmail.com
>      <mailto:[e-mail]>> writes:
>
>      JB> I went to install a nvidia driver today and learned there are
>      JB> issues with livna.
>
>      Are you sure it's not an issue with your system?  Run
>        rpm -q --qf '%{ARCH}\n' kernel kernel-smp
>      and if it shows "i586" then the problem isn't with livna, it's
> with
>      your machine which has gotten the wrong kernel installed due to an
>      installer bug.  I can't recall at the moment the procedure for fixing
>      that.
>
>      - J<
>  
This is detailed at

  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/FC6Common

Googling

  linux kernel 586 686 anaconda bug

will get you a raft of help. This has been discussed on this list 
before, you can look through the February archives for more indications.

Best wishes,

Ian

[Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail]

I experienced this a few times before when installing FC6 on some of
my friends' computers (I thought it was an installation error I've
done somewhere )

my solution was to install a different/older kernel .. boot into it ..
and reinstall the new kernel ...

or perhaps this is a bug


On 3/1/07, tokyoi(a)mac.com <tokyoi(a)mac.com&gt; wrote:
>  Jamie Bohr wrote:
>  > Yep, that is the problem.  Now .... how do I fix it?
>  >
>  > On 28 Feb 2007 17:21:24 -0600, *Jason L Tibbitts III*
>  > <tibbs(a)math.uh.edu <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>  >
>  >     >>>>> "JB" == Jamie Bohr < jamiebohr(a)gmail.com
>  >     <mailto:[e-mail]>> writes:
>  >
>  >     JB> I went to install a nvidia driver today and learned there are
>  >     JB> issues with livna.
>  >
>  >     Are you sure it's not an issue with your system?  Run
>  >       rpm -q --qf '%{ARCH}\n' kernel kernel-smp
>  >     and if it shows "i586" then the problem isn't with livna, it's
> with
>  >     your machine which has gotten the wrong kernel installed due to an
>  >     installer bug.  I can't recall at the moment the procedure for fixing
>  >     that.
>  >
>  >     - J<
>  >
>
>  This is detailed at
>
>    http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/FC6Common
>
>  Googling
>
>    linux kernel 586 686 anaconda bug
>
>  will get you a raft of help. This has been discussed on this list
>  before, you can look through the February archives for more indications.
>
>  Best wishes,
>
>  Ian
>
>
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