On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 10:05:46AM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >>> >> - 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.
So where is the conflict? libGL in /usr/X11R6/lib will be preferred. Stefan Public Key available ------------------------------------------------------ Stefan Dirsch (Res. & Dev.) SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Tel: 0911-740 53 0 Maxfeldstraße 5 FAX: 0911-740 53 479 D-90409 Nürnberg http://www.suse.de Germany ------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
