Jorge Almeida wrote: > I upgraded nvidia-drivers from 1.0.8774 to 1.0.8776. Couldn't restart > the X server. dmesg said the client and the kernel had unmatched > versions (kernel with 1.0.8774). I did "modprobe nvidia". > I ended up rebooting, and it works now. > So, what went wrong? (I mean, a reboot shouldn't be necessary...) What > must be done to make the kernel use the new module? >
You may have needed to remove the old module first. I usually do this: rmmod nvidia # that removes the old one. modules-update # updates the modules, may not be needed though. modprobe nvidia # loads the new one back up Then restart X. That has always worked for me without needing to reboot. Your mileage may vary. Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
