[PlanetCCRMA] Re: Nvidia driver and FC5 smp
Matt Barber
brbrofsvl@gmail.com
Thu Jun 22 07:44:01 2006
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Will do when I get back in town after Monday (I have no access to my
computer from here, but it amounts to a very simple change to the spec,
mostly to remove dependencies on specific fedora kernels).
M
On 6/20/06, Hector Centeno-Garcia <h.centeno@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to install the latest nvidia driver using FC5 and CCRMA edge
> smp-kernel. I installed the kernel-devel package and set the kernel
> source for the nvidia installer and after compiling it complains that
> the nvidia module is not in the right format (as if the kernel headers
> were not the right version, and they seem to be!). I tried with the
> CCRMA edge single processor kernel and the nvidia module compiled and
> installed without problems but at reboot X couldn't find the module.
>
> Question for Matt Barber: how did you rebuild the livna package? would
> you mind posting a how-to? I used to do it in the Debian world but I
> still find RPMs and Fedora a little bit confusing.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Hector
>
>
> Matt Barber wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I haven't done it on FC4, but on FC5, the only way (and probably the
> > best way) I could get it to work was to rebuild the livna SRPM. I
> > don't see why you couldn't do this in FC4 (unless there's a big
> > problem somewhere), and then at least you'd have an RPM. I'm not
> > sure, but I think this might allow you to have nvidia drivers
> > installed for multiple kernels (which was tough with the nvidia
> > installation app).
> >
> >
>
>
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<div>Will do when I get back in town after Monday (I have no access to my computer from here, but it amounts to a very simple change to the spec, mostly to remove dependencies on specific fedora kernels).</div>
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<div>M<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/20/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Hector Centeno-Garcia</b> <<a href="mailto:h.centeno@sympatico.ca">h.centeno@sympatico.ca</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hello,<br><br>I'm trying to install the latest nvidia driver using FC5 and CCRMA edge<br>smp-kernel. I installed the kernel-devel package and set the kernel
<br>source for the nvidia installer and after compiling it complains that<br>the nvidia module is not in the right format (as if the kernel headers<br>were not the right version, and they seem to be!). I tried with the<br>
CCRMA edge single processor kernel and the nvidia module compiled and<br>installed without problems but at reboot X couldn't find the module.<br><br>Question for Matt Barber: how did you rebuild the livna package? would<br>
you mind posting a how-to? I used to do it in the Debian world but I<br>still find RPMs and Fedora a little bit confusing.<br><br><br>Thanks!<br><br><br>Hector<br><br><br>Matt Barber wrote:<br>><br>> Hello,<br>><br>
> I haven't done it on FC4, but on FC5, the only way (and probably the<br>> best way) I could get it to work was to rebuild the livna SRPM. I<br>> don't see why you couldn't do this in FC4 (unless there's a big<br>
> problem somewhere), and then at least you'd have an RPM. I'm not<br>> sure, but I think this might allow you to have nvidia drivers<br>> installed for multiple kernels (which was tough with the nvidia<br>> installation app).
<br>><br>><br><br></blockquote></div><br>
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