On Saturday March 29 2003 04:05 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote:
> It can be done in the manner Tom used but I have a strong aversion
> to doing a force install.
> I prefer editing XF86Config-4, rpm -e the current nvidia rpms,
> rebooting the new kernel to init 3, rebuild and then install the
> nvidia rpms, edit again XF86Config-4 and then switch to init 5
> where I am greeted by the nvidia splash screen.
>
>
> Charles
Generally I'd agree with the aversion to --force (and --nodeps).
In cases where your just replacing old packages with the same version
numbers, --force just prevents getting the "already installed" error.
"Same as using --replacepkgs, --replacefiles, and --oldpackage." (man
page). I use --force rarely, but sometimes it's very useful.
I boot the new kernel and let X fail out of laziness ;)
IE, removing the old nvidia rpms and booting to level 3.
I took the time to disable that damn nvidia splash screen tho ;)
Easily done with 'yanc', and if you also have 'nvclock' installed, you
can overclock the card a little and get some even better glxgears FPS
to brag about :) FWIW, my glxgears fps (1024x768x24) drop some when
using the multimedia kernel, compared to Mdk's 'stock' kernel.
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