Stephen Morris wrote: > On 11/11/2014 01:53 AM, Neal Becker wrote: >> Joe Zeff wrote: >> >>> On 11/09/2014 01:40 AM, Mike Chambers wrote: >>>> Try to install the new kernel first, then after, see if the new kmod >>>> will update. >>> Speaking from experience, when you update the kernel, the new kmod (if >>> available) is normally drawn in as a dependency. >> Except when, as I just showed, it isn't. > Just my 2 cents worth, as I understand things the kernel does not have > kmod-nvidia as a dependency, its the other way around, kmod-nvidia has a > dependency on the kernel version it has been compiled for. For example, > when I did a full system update yesterday the kernel was upgraded to the > latest version available in the mirrors dnf is using and kmod-nvidia was > upgraded to 3.16.6 at the same time, and then this morning rpm fusion > notified of an upgrade to kmod-nvidia to 3.16.7. I have just done a > normal 'dnf upgrade' which upgraded, in my case, kmod-nvidia and > kmod-virtualbox both to 3.16.7. > Just further to this I have also been in the situation where a kernel > has been updated and kmod-nvidia has not and at boot time the nvidia > driver would not start because the installed one was not compatible with > the new kernel. My system was still usable because I could reboot into > the older kernel that was compatible with the installed kmod-nvidia > driver, but in addition, xorg also falls back to the nouveau driver if > the nvidia driver doesn't work, and, if the nouveau driver is not > available it falls back to the vga driver before it gives up. > Having said this, compatibility between kmod-nvidia and the kernel is > not that big a deal for me as I also have akmod-nvidia installed so the > driver will be compiled and installed at boot time if necessary anyway. > > regards, > Steve > >> I don't think I've ever seen this fallback to nouveau behavior. I believe the nouveau kernel parts are excluded at boot, so I don't know how that could work. -- -- Those who don't understand recursion are doomed to repeat it -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
