On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 13:09 -0700, Hugh Caley wrote:
> New install on a machine with the following:
>
> 00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce
> 7050/nForce 610i (rev a2)
>
> Kernel:
>
> kernel-2.6.25.6-55.fc9.x86_64
>
> Livna is available, the following have been installed:
>
> kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.6-55.fc9.x86_64-173.14.09-1.lvn9.x86_64
> xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-173.14.09-1.lvn9.x86_64
> kmod-nvidia-173.14.09-1.lvn9.x86_64
> xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173.14.09-1.lvn9.x86_64
>
> However, the nvidia module cannot be loaded; it exists, but the error
> says that it doesn't. Anyone else seeing this? At this point I'm using
> the VESA driver ...
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# modprobe nvidia
> FATAL: Error inserting nvidia
> (/lib/modules/2.6.25.6-55.fc9.x86_64/extra/nvidia/nvidia.ko): No such device
>
> Hugh
>
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> Hugh Caley, Linux Administrator
> Aldon Computer Group
> 6001 Shellmound St. Suite 600
> Emeryville, CA 94608
>
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>
>
I can confirm a problem
tarifa ~ 864# uname -a
Linux tarifa 2.6.25.6-55.fc9.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 10 16:05:21 EDT 2008 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
If I install the latest "livna" nvidia rpms then X fails
yum --enable=livna update
...
Dependencies Resolved
=============================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=============================================================================
Updating:
kmod-nvidia x86_64 173.14.09-1.lvn9 livna 22 k
kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.6-55.fc9.x86_64 x86_64 173.14.09-1.lvn9 livna
2.6 M
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia x86_64 173.14.09-1.lvn9 livna 3.1 M
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs x86_64 173.14.09-1.lvn9 livna 5.7 M
...
#########################################################################################
I had to back off to
tarifa ~ 865# rpm -qa|grep -a nvidia
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-173.14.05-1.lvn9.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-173.14.05-4.lvn9.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-2.6.25.6-55.fc9.x86_64-173.14.05-4.lvn9.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-173.14.05-1.lvn9.x86_64
I have been lazy and not probed any further !!
John
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