On 08/01/2013 12:24 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Thu, 1 Aug 2013 18:01:26 -0700 > Dale Snell <[email protected]> dijo: > >> John, it looks to me like you have pieces of two different >> versions of the nVidia driver installed.
-----snip------ >> >> Note the differences in version numbers compared to your other >> post. This kind of thing can cause all sorts of headaches, as >> you've found. Yes, you will need to resolve this. Looks like your libGL is from an earlier nvidia version so it is not linked to the newer versions. >> >> You may be stuck with the nVidia driver. The Fedora 16 repos are >> gone, so you can't get the F16 version of nouveau and associated >> X.org drivers/libraries. (Remember that the nVidia setup replaces >> some of the standard packages.) I'm told it possible to use >> packages from later versions, but I don't know how it's done. >> ------snip------- This is why I don't use any of them fancy pants repo distros. But that is a personal preference / discussion for another time. > I've been putting of doing a dist-upgrade to Fedora 18, so that is next > on my list. Afterwards I'll revisit this mess. Oh, and I do still have > the nouveau driver installed. But things will be better after going to > Fedora 18. Since Nvidia stomps on quite a few files, AND blacklists the nouveau driver (check in /etc/modprobe.d in most distros) you simply can't switch willy nilly. Your best option might be a CLEAN upgrade, not a dist-upgrade, to restore the proper functionality. Looks like 19 is out now. Have fun! _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
