On 26 December 2011 22:21, Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 12/26/2011 01:56 PM, Kevin Martin wrote: >> >> If you got the drivers from the nVidia website and you are in runlevel >> 3 you don't need to do an uninstall to do the update as the nVidia >> module is not loaded yet. just run "yum update" and it will update, >> although beware what it updates to as far as your video driver(s) are >> concerned. > > > I was under the impression that the drivers from nVidia were a binary blob > that installed a hacked kernel, hacked some of your system libraries and > installed the drivers without going through yum, rpm or any other package > manager, making them distro-agnostic. Unless my information's badly out of > date, you have to do this again every time there's a kernel update. The > blob's supposed to have an uninstall function, but it doesn't always (ever?) > restore the original versions of the hacked libraries. This is why I always > recommend using the kmod/akmod version of the drivers instead of the binary > blob. Not entirely true, the download from nvidia will get you an installer that builds the nvidia kernel module against the kernel headers, not an entirely new kernel. The only real differences that I'm aware of using kmod/akmod packages are: 1. You get package management which automatically tracks kernel updates so manually building the module with the nvidia tool is unecessary, the initrd blacklisting for nouveau is supposedly also done for you. 2. As you suggest, the gl library versioning is handled better. 3. Slightly different approach to X configuration changes. -- imalone -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
