Thanks Ed, some parts understood (but I ask why!)... Others raise more questions

On 19 June 2017 at 18:06, Ed Greshko <ed.gres...@greshko.com> wrote:
> On 06/19/17 20:16, Dave Pawson wrote:
>
> I've done the song and dance previously - I kept getting caught out
> when the akmod-nvidia was a day or two behind kernel updates!
>
>
> I think you are thinking of kmod.

Would you explain the difference please? And what is the sequence
to change to akmod?


>
> If you run with akmod it will automatically rebuild the kmods for you so you
> won't be caught.  The only "downside" is that now with dnf you have to
> remember that the rebuild process runs after, and silently, the dnf updates
> are completed.  If you reboot too quickly the process wouldn't have enough
> time to finish and when your reboot you'll have a blank screen for a few
> minutes while it is rebuilding again....silently.  So, if you forget that
> you may be inclined to think you've got a hung system....but you don't.

It's the 'silent' that bugs me and makes me ask WHY :-)

Tks for the explanation.




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