You're right Matthew, no wildcard usage. But I did it all, and all works well. Just uninstalled the NVIDIA GLX and NVIDIA kernel rpms, which put back some files that the NVIDIA rpms moved on install, re-booted the computer into the new kernel, and it didn't want to load the gui due to the XF86Config file being modified for the NVIDIA drivers. No matter. Just built the rpms like I did last time, and re-booted, and all works beautifully.
thanks. Sorry for the questions, but all this is new to me, and I hate the idea of making my system possibly corrupt by doing something wrong. All is good. Greg On Wed, 2002-12-25 at 03:26, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On 24 Dec 2002, greg wrote: > > > How do I uninstall the old ones before installing the new ones Matthew? > > By uninstalling the old ones, will the old kernel be rendered unusable? > > To uninstall, do I just rpm -e NVIDIA*. Will that work? > > regards Greg > > Actually, I never tried the wildcard, but I don't think so. "rpm -e > NVIDIA_kernel NVIDIA_GLX" should work. I'm pretty sure you can rpm -U the > kernel, but the GLX one needs to be rpm -e. It moves some installed > files out of the way, and if you update, it will overwrite the ones it > backed up. > > > On Tue, 2002-12-24 at 03:24, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > > On 23 Dec 2002, greg wrote: > > > > > > > hi, > > > > just downloaded the new Red Hat kernel. I have the nvidia drivers > > > > installed, and when booting into the new kernel, x can't configure. > > > > This was expected. I though that renaming the XF86Config file back to > > > > orriginal config would do the job?? > > > > Do I have to uninstall the nvidia drivers or what to run the new > > > > kernel. Can someone please explain the procedure to installing a new > > > > kernel and then installing the new nvidia drivers please. I compiled > > > > the nvidia drivers from source rpms. The old kernel was 2.4.18.18.0. > > > > Do I uninstall nvidia drivers, go back to the old XF86Config, boot into > > > > the new kernel, and then re-install the nvidia drivers or what? > > > > > > > > thanks Greg > > > > > > When X fails, you get booted to a virtual console, right? Log in, rebuild > > > the NVidia drivers for the new kernel, uninstall the old ones, install the > > > new ones, and reboot. > > > > > > -- > > > Matthew Saltzman > > > > > > Clemson University Math Sciences > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > redhat-list mailing list > > > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Matthew Saltzman > > Clemson University Math Sciences > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
