kmod-nvidia?

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 21:18 -0600, Linuxguy123 wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 16:01 -0700, Michael Hannon wrote:
> > Hi, folks.  I've got an AMD, 64-bit PC running Fedora 11.  I've been using the kmod-nvidia driver for graphics.  With the update to the latest kernel:
> > 
> >     2.6.29.6-217.2.3.fc11.x86_64
> > 
> > I seem to have lost that driver.
> > 
> >     [root ~]# rpm -qa | grep kmod
> >     libmikmod-3.2.0-4.beta2.fc11.x86_64
> >     kmod-nvidia-2.6.29.6-213.fc11.x86_64-185.18.14-1.fc11.2.x86_64
> > 
> >     [root ~]# yum update
> >     Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, refresh-packagekit
> >     Setting up Update Process
> >     No Packages marked for Update
> > 
> > Is there an update in the works?  And/or is there something else I should be doing?
> 
> I've got the same issue.  I reverted back to -213 for now.  Hopefully
> they build and push the new kmod-nvidia shortly. 

I'm surprised the thread has gone on this long without pointing this
out:

If you install the akmod-nvidia package, it will rebuild the driver
automatically when you boot a new kernel.

> 
> 
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                Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
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