On Tue August 26 2008 9:20:00 am Per Anton Rønning wrote: > rpm -qa | grep kernel returns this: > kernel-PAE-2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686 > kernel-headers-2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i386 > kerneloops-0.11-1.fc9.i386 > kernel-PAE-2.6.25.11-97.fc9.i686 > kernel-2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686 > > And this seems to be the same as the last result. > > My machine has 4 GiB ram installed, of which 3.7 GiB is effective. > > uname -a gives: > > Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686.PAE #1 SMP Mon Aug 4 > 13:57:11 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > I sent a posting about some progress in the matter (my last one) - but I > still seem to miss something (ref posting) well, one thing that's wrong is that you're running the PAE kernel with less than 4 GB of memory...I don't think that has anything to do with your nvidia problem, but, if it were me, I'd remove the PAE kernel - it has no business being even installed on your machine after you've done that, you might want to install the kernel-devel for your running kernel (after a reboot) - if you're using the Livna nvidia driver and modules, I don't think this is strictly necessary, but, it won't hurt - somebody correct me here I run the nvidia driver from freshrpms which has a very nice feature - "install and forget" - with the Livna driver, you have to update the Livna nvidia module for your kernel every time there's a kernel update (unless that's changed) - with the freshrpms method, you install the nvidia driver once, and that also pulls in a script that runs every subsequent boot-time; it checks your nvidia driver module against the kernel that's booting, and if it's not current, it builds a new module "on the fly" without any intervention on your part, but, I'm digressing again, I'm not certain you need the kernel-devel installed for your running kernel using the Livna driver (you definitely need it if you go the freshrpms route), but, installing it takes up little space, and doesn't hurt, so, you may want to try it, unless someone else chimes in and definitely tells you you don't need it as regards the rest of your installed kernel related packages, you are fine - there was an issue at one point of i586 and i686 packages getting installed for the running kernel, causing various problems -- Claude Jones Leesburg, VA -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
