[PlanetCCRMA] CCRMA Video Issue

Tue Oct 25 17:35:21 PDT 2011

On 10/25/2011 03:39 PM, Bob Wilkinson wrote:
> I attempted to install the CCRMA akmod package. With the RPMFusion
> repository active, I could not see the ccrma-testing version. So, I
> disabled RPMFusion. Then I was able to see the ccrma-testing version,
> and tried to install. I got the following error:
>
> 18:32:36 : ERROR: Dependency resolving completed with errors
> 18:32:36 : ERROR: Package:
> 1:xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-275.09.07-1.fc14.ccrma.x86_64 (planetcore-testing)
> Requires: nvidia-settings
> 18:32:36 : ERROR: Package:
> 1:akmod-nvidia-275.09.07-1.fc14.ccrma.2.x86_64 (planetcore-testing)
> Requires: akmods
> 18:32:36 : ERROR: Package:
> 1:xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-275.09.07-1.fc14.ccrma.x86_64 (planetcore-testing)
> Requires: nvidia-xconfig

Hmmm, you need the rpmfusion repos. I'll have to look at this tomorrow, 
maybe there is a newer version that was release in rpmfusion and I have 
to update the one in planetcore-testing. Sorry, it is hard to keep 
up.... :-(

-- Fernando

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From: *"Fernando Lopez-Lezcano" <nando at ccrma.Stanford.EDU>
> *To: *planetccrma at ccrma.Stanford.EDU
> *Sent: *Tuesday, October 25, 2011 2:06:03 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [PlanetCCRMA] CCRMA Video Issue
>
> On 10/25/2011 10:09 AM, Bob Wilkinson wrote:
>>  Thanks Nando, I'll try that tonight. I didn't realize that the rt
>>  version of the akmod package was in testing - that would explain why I
>>  couldn't find it.
>>
>>  Also, one (hopefully) simple question. Since I'm running in 64 bit mode,
>>  the repository I used was
>>
>>
> http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/fedora/linux/planetccrma/14/x86_64/planetccrma-repo-1.1-2.fc14.ccrma.noarch.rpm
>>
>>  rather than
>>
> http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/fedora/linux/planetccrma/14/i386/planetccrma-repo-1.1-2.fc14.ccrma.noarch.rpm
>>
>>  Was this a mistake?
>
> Hmmm, as far as I can remember both will point to the correct
> architecture (as the architecture is not hardwired in the .repo files,
> it comes from yum itself.
>
> -- Fernando
>
>>  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>  *From: *"Fernando Lopez-Lezcano" <nando at ccrma.Stanford.EDU>
>>  *To: *"Bob Wilkinson" <wilkinson.bob at comcast.net>
>>  *Cc: *planetccrma at ccrma.Stanford.EDU
>>  *Sent: *Tuesday, October 25, 2011 12:55:31 PM
>>  *Subject: *Re: [PlanetCCRMA] CCRMA Video Issue
>>
>>  On 10/25/2011 05:50 AM, Bob Wilkinson wrote:
>> > Everyone,
>> >
>> > I now am at a loss.
>> >
>> > I just bought a new video card for my PC, based on the NVidia GeForce
>> > GT520, and installed it. I wanted to use the Nouveau drivers, as they
>> > worked perfectly on my older PC that died. I installed FC14 64 bit LXDE
>> > spin, and updated to the latest version of everything, and the Nouveau
>> > driver did not recognize that I had two monitors attached. After playing
>> > with it for more hours than I would care to count, I gave up and tried
>> > the RPMFusion akmod nvidia drivers.
>> >
>> > Success! I got both screens working. They aren't as nice as the Nouveau
>> > method, but they work. I then installed the RT kernel, and that's where
>> > the trouble started. X simply wouldn't boot. Nothing - nada. I booted
>> > back into the production Fedora kernel, and removed the RT kernel. I
>> > then removed the akmod NVidia driver. I reinstalled the RT kernel, and X
>> > started - albeit with only one screen.
>>
>>  The rt kernel needs a patched version of the akmod package, the standard
>>  one from rpmfusion will not build on rt patched kernels. An akmod
>>  package is available from the planetccrma-testing repository. You also
>>  have to make sure you have the kernel-*-devel package installed before
>>  trying to reboot into the rt kernel, otherwise the akmod package will
>>  not be able to build the corresponding rpm.
>>
>> > Having done more and more searching, the Nouveau wiki states that I
>> > should be using the 3.1 kernel or newer for this video card, or backport
>> > the driver from that kernel. Any clue how to do this? Is it worth the
>> > work?
>>
>>  3.1 was released _yesterday_ so it is unlikely to be available for
>>  distros for a while :-) The only recent rt patch for the 3.x series is
>>  for 3.0.7.
>>
>> > Should I just go to NVidia's site and pull their driver and
>> > install it?
>>
>>  That will not fix the problem with the rt patched kernels.
>>
>>  -- Fernando
>>
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