kmod-nvidia is missing for kernel 2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10
Ron Siven
rsiven at gmail.com
Tue Mar 3 23:23:32 UTC 2009
Linuxguy123 wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 15:15 -0700, Christopher A. Williams wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 14:07 -0700, Linuxguy123 wrote:
>>
>>> The kmod-nvidia package is missing for kernel 2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.
>>>
>>> Yes, I know it is based on proprietary code. Lets not get into that.
>>> Its still missing.
>>>
>>> I make this post in case the powers that be don't realize its missing.
>>>
>> Please double-check - I have both kernel 2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10 and
>> the corresponding kmod-nvidia module running on my system with no
>> issues.
>>
>> The kmod-nvidia modules (at least the ones I know) are hosted by RPM
>> Fusion (http://rmfusion.org). A quick check of their repository shows
>> they are indeed available for all 170.2.35 kernel versions (i386, PAE,
>> x86_64). They show as having been posted on 2-24-09.
>>
>> You might need to clear your yum cache (yum clean all) and try again.
>> Give that a shot and let us know...
>>
>
> No joy. Results below.
>
> # yum clean all
> Loaded plugins: downloadonly, kmdl, priorities, refresh-packagekit
> Cleaning up Everything
>
> # yum update
> Loaded plugins: downloadonly, kmdl, priorities, refresh-packagekit
> livna
> | 2.4 kB 00:00
> livna/primary_db
> | 2.7 kB 00:00
> rpmfusion-nonfree-updates
> | 2.7 kB 00:00
> rpmfusion-nonfree-updates/primary_db
> | 94 kB 00:00
> fedora
> | 2.8 kB 00:00
> fedora/primary_db
> | 6.6 MB 00:09
> rpmfusion-free-updates
> | 2.7 kB 00:00
> rpmfusion-free-updates/primary_db
> | 236 kB 00:00
> rpmfusion-free
> | 2.7 kB 00:00
> rpmfusion-free/primary_db
> | 212 kB 00:00
> rpmfusion-nonfree
> | 2.7 kB 00:00
> rpmfusion-nonfree/primary_db
> | 68 kB 00:00
> updates
> | 2.3 kB 00:00
> updates/primary_db
> | 2.6 MB 00:01
> 2 packages excluded due to repository priority
> protections
> Setting up Update
> Process
> No Packages marked for Update
>
> # yum list kernel
>
> <snip>
> 2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10 installed
>
> # yum list kmod-nvidia*
> Loaded plugins: downloadonly, kmdl, priorities, refresh-packagekit
> 2 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
> Installed Packages
>
> kmod-nvidia.i686 180.29-1.fc10 installed
> kmod-nvidia-2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686.i686
> 180.27-1.fc10 installed
> kmod-nvidia-2.6.27.15-170.2.24.fc10.i686.i686
> 180.29-1.fc10 installed
>
> # yum list kmod-nvidia* | grep 19
> <no reply, ie no packages with "19" in them.>
>
>
>
>
Maybe it's one of your yum plugins, or are you using specific repo mirrors?
What does this mean...:
2 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
-- Ron
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