On 09/19/2011 05:38 AM, mike cloaked wrote: > 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'll try them and see if it helps.... Let me know if you find anything else I'll need. Thanks. > 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. Presumably, the glibc stuff was installed due to yum dependencies from the new kernel. -- Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@xxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org) -- 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
