Nvidia problem after kernel 2.6.32.9-70.fc12 update

[Serguei Miridonov]

On Friday 12 March 2010, Marcel Rieux wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 4:02 AM, Dario Lesca <d.lesca at solinos.it> 
wrote:
> > The nvidia module is missing.
> 
> I haven't updated yet because I'm still waiting for kmod-nvidia,
> the module needed by the kernel for nvidia cards (proprietary
> driver only, I'm not sure. I suppose so,) Now, when I do "yum
> update", kmod-nvidia is still not there, the new kernel is also
> missing... but the kernel's firmware and headers are there.

yum install akmod-nvidia

> Once again NVIDIA drivers are creating a mess. Go to Google, enter
> 2.6.32.9-70 and fedora, you'll see. People with no experience give
> all kind of solutions that are very unlikely to work. You just
> need to wait for kmod-nvidia to arrive. And, every time you
> update, you have to check if there's a kernel update and if the
> accompanying nvidia module is there.

akmod-nvidia will solve this problem installing proper module for your 
kernel.