On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 5:00 AM, Mirko Vukovic <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Akemi Yagi <[email protected]> wrote: >> If you want to switch from kmod-nvidia-173 to kmod-nvidia, for >> example, then first uninstall the first one by: >> >> yum remove kmod-nvidia-173xx nvidia-x11-drv-173xx >> >> then install kmod-nvidia by following the instructions on the ELRepo's web >> site. >> >> Akemi > I uninstalled the old driver and installed the new one from my XWindows > terminal. > Things look good, but I wonder if I was careless and lucky. > > I am guessing that I was replacing in-use files. > I saw a few messages that "this module version was active in the kernel" > > Here is my question: > > Should I have switched runlevel to get out of Xwindows, and do the whole > procedure there? Rebooting is the way to go. However if a reboot is not an option for you, exit X, unload nvidia and reload nvidia, and restart X. I still recommend rebooting because the state of the libraries might not be quite right unless you reboot ... Akemi _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
