Latest rawhide update killed xorg nv driver

[Antonio M]

2008/1/10, David Mack <dmack at juniper.net>:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fedora-test-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > [mailto:fedora-test-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of
> > Antonio Olivares
> > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 6:20 AM
> > To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
> > Subject: Re: Latest rawhide update killed xorg nv driver
> >
> >
> > --- Bill Nottingham <notting at redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > > David Mack (dmack at juniper.net) said:
> > > > After the most recent update, nv is toast:
> > > >
> > > > (EE) module ABI major version (3) doesn't match
> > > the server's version (4)
> > > > (EE) Failed to load module "nv" (module
> > > requirement mismatch, 0)
> > > > (EE) No drivers available.
> > >
> > > Known, should be fixed tomorrow. (You can even grab
> > > packages out of koji
> > > now if you want.)
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > > --
> >
> > Does the package
> > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=30740
> > ie,
> > xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.4.99.1-0.15.20080107.fc9
> >
> > the one that is broken or is another one?
> >
> > This to avoid the trouble or skip updating this
> > package.
>
> I installed xorg-x11-drv-nv-2.1.6-3.fc9 from koji and that fixed the
> problem.
>
> http://koji.fedoraproject.org/packages/xorg-x11-drv-nv/2.1.6/3.fc9/i386/
> xorg-x11-drv-nv-2.1.6-3.fc9.i386.rpm
>
> Dave
>
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generally speaking:

why does a package stay in development repo if is sure that is causing
troubles??? and not replaced with older version before a fix is
ready???
In my case gdm is a good example...my two cents



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