On Friday, June 2, 2017 at 4:51:01 PM UTC-7, Unman wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 09:37:31PM -0700, Dave C wrote:
> > On Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 9:17:46 AM UTC-7, Unman wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 08:16:32AM -0700, Dave C wrote:
> > > > I'm trying to build nvidia module in dom0.  Following steps found in 
> > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/qubes-users/v26zXkiNElg/discussion
> > > > 
> > > > At the step where kernel-headers and kernel-devel are installed into 
> > > > dom0, I'm getting a version mismatch between the kernel I'm running 
> > > > versus those packages.
> > > > 
> > > > I've also read https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/managing-vm-kernel/ but 
> > > > doesn't seem to address what I'm asking here.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > on dom0, `uname -r` returns:
> > > > 
> > > > 4.4.67-12.pvops.qubes.x86_64
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > `qubes-dom0-update --action=list --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-unstable 
> > > > "kernel-qubes-vm` returns:
> > > > 
> > > > Last metadata expiration check: 0:42:31 ago on Thu Jun  1 07:23:06 2017.
> > > > Installed Packages
> > > > kernel-qubes-vm.x86_64      1000:4.4.38-11.pvops.qubes       @System    
> > > >         
> > > > kernel-qubes-vm.x86_64      1000:4.4.55-11.pvops.qubes       @System    
> > > >         
> > > > kernel-qubes-vm.x86_64      1000:4.4.67-12.pvops.qubes       @System    
> > > >         
> > > > Available Packages
> > > > kernel-qubes-vm.x86_64      1000:4.8.12-12.pvops.qubes       
> > > > qubes-dom0-unstable
> > > > Installed Packages
> > > > kernel-qubes-vm.x86_64       1000:4.4.38-11.pvops.qubes       
> > > > @qubes-dom0-cached
> > > > kernel-qubes-vm.x86_64       1000:4.4.55-11.pvops.qubes       
> > > > @qubes-dom0-cached
> > > > kernel-qubes-vm.x86_64       1000:4.4.67-12.pvops.qubes       
> > > > @qubes-dom0-cached
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > `qubes-dom0-update --action=list --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-unstable 
> > > > "kernel-devel` returns:
> > > > 
> > > > Last metadata expiration check: 0:44:38 ago on Thu Jun  1 07:23:06 2017.
> > > > Installed Packages
> > > > kernel-devel.x86_64              1000:4.8.12-12.pvops.qubes             
> > > >  @System
> > > > Installed Packages
> > > > kernel-devel.x86_64        1000:4.8.12-12.pvops.qubes         
> > > > @qubes-dom0-cached
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > `qubes-dom0-update --action=list --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-unstable 
> > > > "kernel-headers` returns:
> > > > 
> > > > Installed Packages
> > > > kernel-headers.x86_64                  4.8.13-100.fc23                  
> > > >  @System
> > > > Installed Packages
> > > > kernel-headers.x86_64             4.8.13-100.fc23             
> > > > @qubes-dom0-cached
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Notice that even if I install kernel 4.8.12-12 from 
> > > > qubes-dom0-unstable, there is a mismatch between kernel-devel 
> > > > (4.8.12-12) and kernel-headers (4.8.13-100).
> > > > 
> > > > I welcome any advice about how to manage kernel modules built in dom0.  
> > > > How do I resolve the version mismatch described here?  And also how do 
> > > > I keep a functioning module when kernel versions update in the future?
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks, -Dave
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > You can find rpms for the headers at yum.qubes-os.org
> > > Look at (e.g) r3.2/current/dom0/fc23/rpm and you'll see kernel-devel
> > > packages to suit. Poke about and you'll find most everything you need.
> > > 
> > > The obvious way to keep current is to use dkms which will automatically
> > > rebuild modules with a kernel upgrade. You will, of course, need to
> > > ensure that you upgrade the kernel devel package too.
> > > Otherwise you need to manually rebuild the module on an upgrade.
> > > 
> > > unman
> > 
> > Hi Unman,
> > 
> > Thanks for that suggestion.  I was able to download the matching 
> > kernel-devel.  And with it, complete the instructions to compile the nvidia 
> > module.
> > 
> > (Unfortunately, didn't make a difference for the system I'm trying to run 
> > qubes on. So I still have something to figure out.)
> > 
> > Do you happen to know why `qubes-dom0-update` doesn't find the repo you 
> > refered to automatically?  It's enabled in /etc/yum.repos.d/qubes-dom0.repo.
> > 
> 
> dnf wil always show you the latest version available.
> To see all available versions you need --showduplicates
> Then you can install by specifying a particular version number.

Thanks for pointing that out!  With `--action=list --showduplicates`, it shows 
all available versions.

Cheers, -Dave 

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