On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Kevin J. Cummings <cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 09/18/2011 06:54 AM, mike cloaked wrote: >> Great that it works with the f15 kernel - if it is any help I had >> until recently been running an f15 kernel in another f14 laptop for >> quite a while with no problems (install all the f15 kernel related >> packages pulled as rpms from bodhi or koji eg kernel-PAE, >> kernel-PAE-devel, kernel-headers, perf ( and any other related rpms), >> in one yum [local]install possibly with --nogpgcheck if you have not >> got the f15 gpg keys in that machine) - then it should work. In fact >> for me it worked even better than the f14 kernel! > > Yeah, F15 has the newer scheduler, which I hear is *real* *nice*! > > I tried the following command line: > > yum install --releasever=15 --nogpgcheck kernel kmod-nvidia > > It installed the following RPMs for me: > > kernel-2.6.40.4-5.fc15.x86_64 > linux-firmware-20110601-1.fc15.noarch > kmod-nvidia-280.13-2.fc15.2.x86_64 > module-init-tools-3.16-2.fc15.x86_64 > kmod-nvidia-2.6.40.4-5.fc15.x86_64-280.13-2.fc15.2.x86_64 > glibc-devel-2.14-5.x86_64 > glibc-common-2.14-5.x86_64 > glibc-2.14-5.i686 > glibc-2.14-5.x86_64 > glibc-headers-2.14-5.x86_64 > > But, when I try and boot, I get an error trying to load some firmware > file in /lib/modules/2.6.40.4-5-fc15.x86_64/kernel/arch/x86/kernel/ > > The error message claims that CPU Type 15 is not supported.... > And it continues, ad infinitum, until I power the machine off and reboot > an F14 kernel. > > Did I miss something else I need to install? I usually install perf, kernel-headers, kernel-devel, which are not in your list - I will have to dig out my old notes and if I find anything else I will let you know. I don't know if the glibc stuff which is presumably fairly recent caused any clashes with older libraries in your f14 system but it is possible. -- mike c -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
