On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 2:54 PM, John Pilkington<[email protected]> wrote: > John Welch wrote: >> Just updated my F11 workstation to the latest kernel (2.6.30.5-43). >> This workstation has an NVidia FX5200 graphics card, which requires >> the 173.xx series drivers. Unfortunately it doesn't appear that the >> kmdls for the 173 series and this latest kernel are available in the >> ATrpms repo, at least not at the moment. Oddly enough I don't see any >> 173 series packages available at all in the repo. Am I missing >> something here? The 173 series is still the right driver for my >> FX5200 card, right? >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> John >> > I can't speak for Axel, but in general it appears that all kmdls > disappear from the repo when a new kernel is released. kmdls for the > new kernel appear fairly soon if there are no build problems but may > otherwise be delayed. If you need a kmdl for specific hardware it's > best not to upgrade the kernel until the new kmdl has appeared. If you > enter the cycle between the disappearance of the old kmdl and the > appearance of the new one, too bad! > > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=122606 > > John P > >
Thanks for the response John P. I totally understand that if I upgrade to a new kernel before the kmdl is available then it is my tough luck, so to speak. However, two things prompted my question. First, all the other NVidia kmdls (as well as a lot of other kmdls for this kernel) showed up in the repo on September 7th, so I was a bit surprised that the 173.xx kmdls weren't there. Second, and more surprising, is that not only aren't the NVidia 173.xx kmdls in the repo, but all the 173.xx pacakges (regular package, libs package, devel package, etc.) are missing as well. This is leading me to believe that the 173 series may no longer be made available in the ATrpms repo, even though it is still a relevant driver for those of us with FX5200 (and other "5" series) cards. John _______________________________________________ atrpms-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.atrpms.net/mailman/listinfo/atrpms-users
