Re: [CentOS] nvidia failure with new kernel

2011-01-17 Thread Ned Slider
On 17/01/11 20:08, Michael D. Berger wrote: > On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:07:03 +, Ned Slider wrote: > >> On 17/01/11 18:44, Jason Brown wrote: >>> The kernel modules are only for that kernel, so anytime you update it >>> you also have to reinstall the nvidia drivers. >>> >>> >> Alternatively, you c

Re: [CentOS] nvidia failure with new kernel

2011-01-17 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 1/17/2011 3:08 PM, Michael D. Berger wrote: > > After looking at the recommended web site, I did the uninstall, > and then ran: > > yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=elrepo install kmod-nvidia nvidia-x11- > drv 2>&1 | tee el.log > > I got: > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror > Error getting repo

Re: [CentOS] nvidia failure with new kernel

2011-01-17 Thread Scott Robbins
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 07:07:03PM +, Ned Slider wrote: > > > > Alternatively, you could use the nvidia driver packages from elrepo.org: > > http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-nvidia > > which are kABI-tracking kmod packages that work seamlessly over a kernel > update. They even work with the new

Re: [CentOS] nvidia failure with new kernel

2011-01-17 Thread Michael D. Berger
On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:07:03 +, Ned Slider wrote: > On 17/01/11 18:44, Jason Brown wrote: >> The kernel modules are only for that kernel, so anytime you update it >> you also have to reinstall the nvidia drivers. >> >> > Alternatively, you could use the nvidia driver packages from elrepo.org:

Re: [CentOS] nvidia failure with new kernel

2011-01-17 Thread Ned Slider
On 17/01/11 18:44, Jason Brown wrote: > The kernel modules are only for that kernel, so anytime you update it > you also have to reinstall the nvidia drivers. > Alternatively, you could use the nvidia driver packages from elrepo.org: http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-nvidia which are kABI-tracking kmo

Re: [CentOS] nvidia failure with new kernel

2011-01-17 Thread Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
> On 01/17/2011 01:39 PM, Michael D. Berger wrote: >> I installed TrueCrypt and when I ran it, it informed me that I needed >> a new kernel. So I ran "yum update". I boot to level 3, and when >> I ran startx, I got: >> >> FATAL: Module nvidia not found. >> (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA

Re: [CentOS] nvidia failure with new kernel

2011-01-17 Thread Jason Brown
The kernel modules are only for that kernel, so anytime you update it you also have to reinstall the nvidia drivers. Jason Brown On 01/17/2011 01:39 PM, Michael D. Berger wrote: > I installed TrueCrypt and when I ran it, it informed me that I needed > a new kernel. So I ran "yum update". I boot

[CentOS] nvidia failure with new kernel

2011-01-17 Thread Michael D. Berger
I installed TrueCrypt and when I ran it, it informed me that I needed a new kernel. So I ran "yum update". I boot to level 3, and when I ran startx, I got: -- ... (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" FATAL: Module nvidia not found. (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. P