On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2008-02-22 at 07:38 -0500, Doctor Who wrote: > > OK...the nvidia installer cannot find the properly prepared kernel > > sources. I have the kernel and matching kernel-develop packages > > installed for the running kernel. What must be done in Fedora to > > properly 'prepare' the kernel sources? > > The easier solution, for many people, when the sonic screwdriver just > isn't up to the job, or when reversing the polarity of the neutron flow > just doesn't do the trick, is to use the precompiled NVidia drivers from > Livna, or the self-recompiling drivers from the other repo (ATRPMS?). > > I went down the Livna repo route. I've usually found them to have > compiled the drivers fairly promptly after a new kernel was released. > And you avoid the problem of the NVidia supplied drivers mangling your > X.org installation. > OK...here is the error I'm getting with regard to updating the machine with the current kernel and nvidia packages issue: Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-i686 = 2.6.23.14-107.fc8 is needed by package kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.14-107.fc8 I have: kernel-devel-2.6.23.15-137.fc8 kernel-2.6.23.15-137.fc8 kernel-xen-2.6.21-2952.fc8 kernel-2.6.23.14-107.fc8 kernel-headers-2.6.23.15-137.fc8 kernel-xen-2.6.21-2957.fc8 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-169.09-4.lvn8 kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.14-107.fc8-169.07-2.lvn8 kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.15-137.fc8-169.09-7.lvn8 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-169.09-4.lvn8 kmod-nvidia-169.09-7.lvn8 How can I resolve this? Thanks. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
