Re: [CentOS] Nvidia Mod Update

2015-02-11 Thread Lamar Owen
On 02/09/2015 02:22 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: Ran into this as well. Thanks for the quick-fix howto! As a friendly suggestion to all who run any elrepo packages, and especially the nvidia and fglrx packages, you really should be following the elrepo mailing list, where the dropping of support for

Re: [CentOS] Nvidia Mod Update

2015-02-11 Thread Lamar Owen
On 02/08/2015 11:14 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: .. What made my decision to add nidia to my bad hardware manufacturers list was: not long ago they stopped releasing new binary drivers (compatible with new kernels/glibc) for some old cards I have my department. The machines, though old, still serve

Re: [CentOS] Nvidia Mod Update

2015-02-08 Thread Ned Slider
On 08/02/15 05:09, S.Tindall wrote: On Sat, 2015-02-07 at 23:06 -0500, Mark LaPierre wrote: Hey all, On my X86-64 CentOS 6.6 machine I just ran yum update. In the update was an upgrade from the 340.XX Nvidia package to the 346.XX package. Hrmmm? I'm thinking this is not a good idea but,

Re: [CentOS] Nvidia Mod Update

2015-02-08 Thread Pete Geenhuizen
On 02/08/15 06:12, Ned Slider wrote: On 08/02/15 05:09, S.Tindall wrote: Yes, just to reiterate: yum erase kmod-nvidia yum install kmod-nvidia-340xx reboot You will then be on the correct driver branch and will get the appropriate driver updates going forwards, no changes to yum necessary.

Re: [CentOS] Nvidia Mod Update

2015-02-08 Thread Ned Slider
On 08/02/15 12:33, Pete Geenhuizen wrote: On 02/08/15 06:12, Ned Slider wrote: On 08/02/15 05:09, S.Tindall wrote: Yes, just to reiterate: yum erase kmod-nvidia yum install kmod-nvidia-340xx reboot You will then be on the correct driver branch and will get the appropriate driver

Re: [CentOS] Nvidia Mod Update

2015-02-08 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On Sun, February 8, 2015 9:33 am, Ned Slider wrote: On 08/02/15 14:24, Pete Geenhuizen wrote: On 02/08/15 07:45, Ned Slider wrote: On 08/02/15 12:33, Pete Geenhuizen wrote: No, you don't have the package kmod-nvidia-340xx installed. You have kmod-nvidia VERSION 340.65. In the first

Re: [CentOS] Nvidia Mod Update

2015-02-08 Thread Pete Geenhuizen
On 02/08/15 07:45, Ned Slider wrote: On 08/02/15 12:33, Pete Geenhuizen wrote: No, you don't have the package kmod-nvidia-340xx installed. You have kmod-nvidia VERSION 340.65. In the first example, the package NAME is kmod-nvidia-340xx (the -340xx is part of the package name, NOT the version).

Re: [CentOS] Nvidia Mod Update

2015-02-08 Thread Pete Geenhuizen
On 02/08/2015 10:33 AM, Ned Slider wrote: On 08/02/15 14:24, Pete Geenhuizen wrote: No problem Pete. Now you are on the correct branch you will continue to get updates to that 340.xx driver as and when nvidia release them. IIRC, nvidia said they would continue to support the 340.xx legacy

Re: [CentOS] Nvidia Mod Update

2015-02-08 Thread Ned Slider
On 08/02/15 14:24, Pete Geenhuizen wrote: On 02/08/15 07:45, Ned Slider wrote: On 08/02/15 12:33, Pete Geenhuizen wrote: No, you don't have the package kmod-nvidia-340xx installed. You have kmod-nvidia VERSION 340.65. In the first example, the package NAME is kmod-nvidia-340xx (the

Re: [CentOS] Nvidia Mod Update

2015-02-08 Thread Sorin Srbu
-Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Ned Slider Sent: den 8 februari 2015 12:12 To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] Nvidia Mod Update Yes, just to reiterate: yum erase kmod-nvidia yum install kmod-nvidia

Re: [CentOS] Nvidia Mod Update(Solved)

2015-02-08 Thread Mark LaPierre
On 02/07/15 23:06, Mark LaPierre wrote: Hey all, On my X86-64 CentOS 6.6 machine I just ran yum update. In the update was an upgrade from the 340.XX Nvidia package to the 346.XX package. Hrmmm? I'm thinking this is not a good idea but, since this is just a test system any way, I let it

[CentOS] Nvidia Mod Update

2015-02-07 Thread Mark LaPierre
Hey all, On my X86-64 CentOS 6.6 machine I just ran yum update. In the update was an upgrade from the 340.XX Nvidia package to the 346.XX package. Hrmmm? I'm thinking this is not a good idea but, since this is just a test system any way, I let it run. Sure enough I was right. Dmesg says that

Re: [CentOS] Nvidia Mod Update

2015-02-07 Thread S.Tindall
On Sat, 2015-02-07 at 23:06 -0500, Mark LaPierre wrote: Hey all, On my X86-64 CentOS 6.6 machine I just ran yum update. In the update was an upgrade from the 340.XX Nvidia package to the 346.XX package. Hrmmm? I'm thinking this is not a good idea but, since this is just a test system any