kernel source and nVidia drivers - Bigger Question - now just need solution

[J. K. Cliburn]

Bob Hartung wrote:
> Alright now,  I have made progress.
> 
> uname --all reports:
> 
> Linux minitwr 2.6.14-1.1656_FC4 #1 Thu Jan 5 22:14:13 EST 2006 i686 
> athlon i386 GNU/Linux
> 
> This tells me that I have a i386 kernel installed. right?
> 
> rpm -qa | grep kernel reports:
>   kernel-doc-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4
>   kernel-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4
>   kernel-devel-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4
> 
> Now I now that the kernel-headers are for i686.  As the error I get 
> after running the nVidia installer is that I have the wrong kernel 
> source installed, i can only surmise that the difference is between i386 
> and i686.  Right?

Shouldn't matter.

> 
> So now, how can i force yum to upgrade/install the current i686 kernel 
> to replace the i386 kernel that I am currently running?
> 
> If you think I am completely wrong - say so!  I do want to keep up on 
> this as I will eventually better understand what I did wrong and 
> therfore avoid repeating it and maybe be able to help someone else.

As a simple starting point, try deleting any symbolic links you created 
as part of your earlier kernel source installation.  Most likely, this 
will be:

# rm /usr/src/linux

Then try running the nvidia installer script.  My reasoning is that 
*perhaps* the nvidia installer is following the /usr/src/linux symlink 
to the wrong place.

If that doesn't work, try running the nvidia installer thusly (all on 
one line):

# NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8174-pkg2.run 
--kernel-source-path=/lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1656_FC4/build 
--kernel-install-path=/lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1656_FC4/kernel/drivers/video

A friendly word of advice: When Fedora Core 5 is released, don't 
"upgrade"; instead, perform a clean install.

Jay