Re: nvidia driver breaks with pretty much every F8 update

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For some reason the update to a new kernel seems to randomly point to a kernel to boot by default which would be OK but the livna nvidia setup breaks the older kernels nvidia module, so you need to make sure you boot on the latest kernel by default (by editing /etc/grub.conf to point to the latest kernel).

The "solution" is to install the nvidia module manually from the nvidia site download, which is not really a simple option.



David Kramer wrote:
I simply don't understand why this is the case, but every time I upgrade the . After some updates, the symlinks point to the wrong version, etc. But I will only address my current situation. This is on a Dell D820.

Currently running the newly-installed 2.6.24.3-34 kernel.

This is the stdout/stderr when I startx:
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X Window System Version 1.3.0
Release Date: 19 April 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3
Build Operating System: Fedora 8 Red Hat, Inc.
Current Operating System: Linux lexa.thekramers.net 2.6.24.3-34.fc8 #1 SMP Wed Mar 12 18:17:20 EDT 2008 i686
Build Date: 14 March 2008
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.3.0.0-44.fc8
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Mar 24 20:00:40 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(II) Module already built-in
FATAL: Error inserting nvidia_169_12 (/lib/modules/2.6.24.3-34.fc8/updates/drivers/video/nvidia/nvidia-169_12.ko): Invalid module format
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!
(EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
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Notice the "Invalid module format"?

This is what I have installed:
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> rpm -qa | egrep -i '(nvidia|kernel|yum)' | sort
kernel-2.6.24.3-12.fc8
kernel-2.6.24.3-34.fc8
kernel-devel-2.6.24.3-12.fc8
kernel-devel-2.6.24.3-34.fc8
kernel-headers-2.6.24.3-34.fc8
nvidia-graphics169.09-169.09-95.fc8
nvidia-graphics169.09-kmdl-2.6.24.3-12.fc8-169.09-95.fc8
nvidia-graphics169.09-kmdl-2.6.24.3-34.fc8-169.09-95.fc8
nvidia-graphics169.09-libs-169.09-95.fc8
nvidia-graphics169.12-169.12-96.fc8
nvidia-graphics-169.12-25
nvidia-graphics169.12-kmdl-2.6.24.3-34.fc8-169.12-96.fc8
nvidia-graphics169.12-libs-169.12-96.fc8
nvidia-graphics-devices-1.0-6.fc8
nvidia-graphics-helpers-0.0.26-27.fc8
yum-3.2.8-2.fc8
yum-changelog-1.1.11-1.fc8
yumex-2.0.4-1.fc8
yum-fedorakmod-1.1.11-1.fc8
yum-kernel-module-1.1.11-1.fc8
yum-metadata-parser-1.1.2-1.fc8
yum-plugin-kmdl-0.7-9.fc8
yum-priorities-1.1.11-1.fc8
yum-skip-broken-1.1.11-1.fc8
yum-updatesd-0.9-1.fc8
yum-utils-1.1.11-1.fc8
---------------------------------------------------------

Thanks for any advice you can offer.


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