On 5 November 2014 16:36, Konstantin Olchanski <[email protected]> wrote:
> A few days ago an updated linux kernel and updated xorg packages were > pushed into the SL6 updates. These updates are automatically installed > by the default yum configuration of SL6.5. > > Unfortunately these updates are incompatible with pre-installed X11 video > drivers for NVIDIA (GeForce 210) and AMD/ATI (AMD E-350/E-450 and socket > AM1 > on-board video) from ELREPO. > > These are the ELREPO kmod-fglrx and kmod-nvidia packages. > > So all computers with these video cards promptly broke. > > This incompatibility seems to be well known to the perpetrators (X.org API > change, leading to crash of Xorg). > > I think such a disruptive update should have been announced a little > bit more widely and maybe some technical solution could have been > implemented > to avoid breaking X11 outright (i.e. refuse to install new X.org packages > if known-incompatible NVIDIA or AMD/ATI drivers are loaded). > > For this to work nearly every kernel and X update would need to be tested with various out-of band repositories which aren't turned on by default. They will also need the hardware for it to be tested. That is expecting a lot of work from a free OS with a staff of 1-2 people whose fulltime job is something else. For the most part they are just taking the source code from upstream, recompiling, testing it on their hardware and then pushing. I would say it is easier for you to turn off auto-updates. If it doesn't work in your environment, don't use it. -- Stephen J Smoogen.
