>>> >> - what could be causing this? Why would the NVIDIA drivers work one >>> >> moment and not the next? Since I used YAST to install instead of >>> >> doing it manually via the terminal, it seems I shouldn't need to >>> >> reinstall the NVIDIA drivers every time I update the kernel, which >>> >> otherwise would have sounded like a possible cause. >>> > >>> >You *probably* did a kernel update which also requires a reinstall of >>> >the nVidia drivers. >>> >>> Everytime you update the Mesa package, it's time to repump the NVIDIA >>> one. >> >>This is only true, when you use the installer. If you do use the RPMs, >>it's not. > >IIRC I was unable to install the rpms from the nvidia site, because they >conflict with the Mesa one (such as libGL.so.1). > >Feel free to tell me the URL to nvidia's repo, and I will recheck.
10:04 gwdg-wb04:/home/jengelh # l /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2006-08-01 11:46 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.2 10:04 gwdg-wb04:/home/jengelh # rpm -qilvp x11-video-nvidia-1.0.8762-1.i586.rpm |grep libGL.so.1 warning: x11-video-nvidia-1.0.8762-1.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID c66b6eae lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jun 23 04:50 /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.0.8762 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 543564 Jun 23 04:50 /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.0.8762 10:04 gwdg-wb04:/home/jengelh # rpm -Uhv x11-video-nvidia-1.0.8762-1.i586.rpm warning: x11-video-nvidia-1.0.8762-1.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID c66b6eae Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:x11-video-nvidia ########################################### [100%] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Switching the use of "nv" driver of X.Org to "nvidia" driver of NVIDIA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # SaX generated X11 config file Patching /etc/X11/xorg.conf ... done 10:05 gwdg-wb04:/home/jengelh # l /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2006-08-01 11:46 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 -> libGL.so.1.2 q.e.d. Jan Engelhardt -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
