kmod-nvidia is missing for kernel 2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10

[Ron Siven]

Linuxguy123 wrote:
> The kmod-nvidia package is missing for kernel 2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.
>
> Yes, I know it is based on proprietary code. Lets not get into that.
> Its still missing.
>
> I make this post in case the powers that be don't realize its missing.
>
> Thanks for listening. 
>
>   
Linuxguy123, you are correct!  I experienced the same as you.

I ran an update earlier this evening, but didn't get around to 
restarting until later.  kernel-devel and kernel-headers as well as 
kernel were all part of the update.  Right before the restart, I noticed 
that packagekit had a new notification.  I didn't get there in time to 
see what it was, but had my suspicions.  Lo and behold, upon logging 
back into KDE, I got the dreaded white screen of nothingness. 

I did a  quick ctrl-alt-f2 to log into CLI, and ran a sudo yum update.  
kmod-nvidia was there at the wait.  after update and subsequent reboot, 
all is back to normal. 

Here's an excerpt from yum.log (notice kmod-nvidia removed, and not 
reinstalled until later)
$ sudo tail -200 /var/log/yum.log 
Mar 03 17:09:24 Updated: kernel-firmware-2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.noarch
Mar 03 17:11:43 Installed: kernel-devel-2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.x86_64
Mar 03 17:11:45 Updated: kernel-headers-2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.x86_64
Mar 03 17:12:15 Installed: kernel-2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.x86_64
Mar 03 17:12:18 Erased: kmod-nvidia-2.6.27.9-159.fc10.x86_64
Mar 03 17:12:44 Installed: kernel-2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.x86_64
Mar 03 21:20:58 Installed: 
kmod-nvidia-2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.x86_64-180.29-1.fc10.1.x86_64
Mar 03 21:20:58 Updated: kmod-nvidia-180.29-1.fc10.1.x86_64