What is the deal with rpmfusion nvidia updates?

[Mike Chambers]

On Sun, 2014-11-09 at 03:40 -0600, Mike Chambers wrote:
> On Sat, 2014-11-08 at 19:01 -0500, Neal Becker wrote:
> > I don't understand why yum doesn't want to install updates when a new kernel is 
> > available:
> > 
> >  sudo yum update
> > ...
> > ---> Package kernel.x86_64 0:3.16.7-200.fc20 will be installed
> > ...
> > [nothing about kmod-nvidia-blah]
> > 
> > ** yum wants to update kernel **
> > 
> > rpm -qa kmod-nvidia*
> > kmod-nvidia-304xx-3.16.6-203.fc20.x86_64-304.123-1.fc20.16.x86_64
> > 
> > ** kmod-nvidia 3.16.6-203 is already installed **
> > 
> > yum info kmod-nvidia*
> > ...
> > Name        : kmod-nvidia-304xx-3.16.7-200.fc20.x86_64
> > Arch        : x86_64
> > Version     : 304.123
> > Release     : 1.fc20.17
> > 
> > ** OK, there it is!  The kmod I need for the new kernel.  So why doesn't yum 
> > want to install it?
> > 
> > -- 
> > -- Those who don't understand recursion are doomed to repeat it
> > 
> 
> Try to install the new kernel first, then after, see if the new kmod
> will update.
> 
> 
> Or just use akmod-nvidia and when you install an updated kernel and
> reboot, akmod will auto build the new kmod for you (you need to install
> kernel-devel along with kmod initially).
> 

(install kernel-devel along with akmod initially, I mean, not kmod haha)


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Mike Chambers
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