startx fails with new kernel

[Patrick Dupre]

On Thu, 16 Feb 2012, John Pilkington wrote:

> On 16/02/12 11:55, Patrick Dupre wrote:
>> Thank for your email.
>>
>> Before I do any thing, I can see that I have
>> kmod-nvidia-3.2.3-2.fc16.x86_64-290.10-1.fc16.12.x86_64
>> and
>> kmod-nvidia-3.2.5-3.fc16.x86_64-290.10-1.fc16.13.x86_64
>>
>> Should I remove the first one?
>>
>> Thank.
>
> Hi:  I use the ATrpms repo and so don't have first-hand experience of 
> fusion, but your first post showed you have the 3.2.5-3 SMP kernel.  You 
> probably need a plain nvidia 290.10 package to match that, and a 
> matching kmod.  I had assumed the problem was that that had not been 
> built when you tried the upgrade, but now you seem to have it, unless 
> there's a SMP variant.  If you were running with the 3.2.3-2 kmod 
> package before, the one you have now should be ok; the one that you 
> suggest removing won't be any use and the answer would be Yes.
Sorry, but what is the SMP?
I do not see any SMP stuff!
kernel-3.2.5-3.fc16.x86_64 and kernel-3.2.3-2.fc16.x86_64 are both 
installed as well as kernel-devel-3.2.3-2.fc16.x86_64 and
kernel-devel-3.2.5-3.fc16.x86_64, however, only 
kernel-headers-3.2.5-3.fc16.x86_64 is installed (no 
kernel-headers-3.2.2.3-2.fc16.x86_64)


>
> I hope you don't mind me asking why you are using F16 in what sounds as 
> if it ought to be a production environment, with no-one on site to help 
> you.  You will need to upgrade at least once a year: F16 isn't really a 
> stable platform.  I don't expect that you want to move to CentOS_6 or 
> SL6 now, but they are expected to have RH support for 7 years and they 
> are really quite competent.
>
> Good luck,
>
> John P
>
>

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