Troy, I have always used the proprietary NVIDIA drivers on x86_64, because the distro drivers didn't work for me. Maybe this will help.
On 3.03.08, Troy Dawson wrote: > Evidently people don't use the nvidia drivers much on x86_64. We were > missing nvidia-glx and nvidia-glx-devel. > They are there now and you should be able to do the install. > > yum --enablerepo=sl-contrib clean all > yum --enablerepo=sl-contrib install kernel-module-nvidia-`uname -r` > > Troy > > Troy Dawson wrote: > >Looks like something got missed ... just a minute > >Troy > > > > > >Robert E. Blair wrote: > >>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >>Hash: SHA1 > >> > >>I am trying to kick the nvidia custom binaries direct from nvidia on an > >>x86-64 SL4.5 system. When I try to yum install kernel-module-nvidia I > >>get: > >> > >> yum --enablerepo=sl-contrib install kernel-module-nvidia > >>Loading "kernel-module" plugin > >>Setting up Install Process > >>Setting up repositories > >>Reading repository metadata in from local files > >>Parsing package install arguments > >>Resolving Dependencies > >>- --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. > >>- ---> Package kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.9-67.EL.x86_64 0:1.0.7676-0.SL.2 > >>set to be updated > >>- --> Running transaction check > >>- --> Processing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.7676 for package: > >>kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.9-67.EL > >>- --> Processing Dependency: /usr/sbin/nvidia-config-display for package: > >>kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.9-67.EL > >>- --> Finished Dependency Resolution > >>Error: Missing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.7676 is needed by package > >>kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.9-67.EL > >>Error: Missing Dependency: /usr/sbin/nvidia-config-display is needed by > >>package kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.9-67.EL > >> > >>This does not depend on enabling the sl-contrib repo (i.e. same result > >>without the --enablerepo...). How does one resolve these dependencies? > >> Dag has one but not the other. CERN has one but not the other. No > >>combination appears to work. Should the rest of the nvidia stuff be > >>somewhere in SL4.5? Is there a proprietary piece I need to get? > >> > >>Thanks in advance for any help, > >>Bob Blair > > > > > >-- > >__________________________________________________ > >Troy Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] (630)840-6468 > >Fermilab ComputingDivision/LCSI/CSI DSS Group > >__________________________________________________ > > > -- > __________________________________________________ > Troy Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] (630)840-6468 > Fermilab ComputingDivision/LCSI/CSI DSS Group > __________________________________________________ > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Steve White +49(331)7499-202 e-Science / AstroGrid-D Zi. 35 Bg. 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam (AIP) An der Sternwarte 16, D-14482 Potsdam Vorstand: Prof. Dr. Matthias Steinmetz, Peter A. Stolz Stiftung privaten Rechts, Stiftungsverzeichnis Brandenburg: III/7-71-026 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
