kmod-nvidia for kernel -217 please ?

Linuxguy123 linuxguy123 at gmail.com
Tue Aug 18 12:58:22 UTC 2009


On Tue, 2009-08-18 at 09:04 +0200, Joachim Backes wrote:
> Linuxguy123 wrote:
> > 'yum update' is showing a new kernel is available.  However, those of us
> > running non open source video drivers (for various reasons) cannot
> > update because the new kmod-nvidia driver isn't built for the new
> > kernel.
> > 
> > Could someone build it and push it out to the repositories ?
> > 
> > Thanks 
> > 
> > PS: Thanks for supplying the kmod-nvidia driver.  I used to have to
> > build it myself.  I'm glad I don't have to.  Good job.
> > 
> 
> Why not install akmod-nvidia (rpmfusion-nonfree-updates)? Then you are 
> independent from the current kernel (the module will be rebuilt on the 
> first boot of a new kernel).

I'll give it a try.






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