Re: Akmod-nvidia problem

2009-08-20 Thread Tim
Tim: I wasted ages TRYING to install, before then. Jack: you are referring here to hdinstall, which was thoroughly discussed in these 3 refs: - nov 2008 * F10 HD install - anyone successfully done this? From: Mike Cloaked and response by Tom Horsley Bug 473351 - F10 HD

Re: Akmod-nvidia problem

2009-08-20 Thread jackson byers
Tim: I wasted ages TRYING to install, before then. Jack: you are referring here to hdinstall, which was thoroughly discussed in these 3 refs: - nov 2008 * F10 HD install - anyone successfully done this? From: Mike Cloaked and response by Tom Horsley .. Thanks

Re: Akmod-nvidia problem

2009-08-19 Thread jackson byers
Tim wrote: I wasted ages TRYING to install, before then. ... I seem to recall something about extracting install.img from the ISO, and putting it in the same directory as the main DVD ISO. That didn't work, neither did putting it into a images sub-directory. Tim, you are referring here to

Re: Akmod-nvidia problem

2009-08-18 Thread Mike Chambers
On Tue, 2009-08-18 at 14:17 +0930, Tim wrote: I just tried akmod-nvidia on Fedora 11 for the first time, the other day. I had to install kernel-devel myself, afterwards, before it could do what it was supposed to. Surely it ought to drag that in as a dependency, then? Installing

Re: Akmod-nvidia problem

2009-08-18 Thread Andre Robatino
Tim wrote: I just tried akmod-nvidia on Fedora 11 for the first time, the other day. I had to install kernel-devel myself, afterwards, before it could do what it was supposed to. Surely it ought to drag that in as a dependency, then? Installing akmod-nvidia certainly dragged in a pile of

Re: Akmod-nvidia problem

2009-08-18 Thread Roger
On 08/18/2009 02:29 PM, gil...@altern.org wrote: Richard Shaw wrote: On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 5:29 PM,gil...@altern.org wrote: Of course, YMMV, but, as far as I'm concerned, I wouldn't advise anybody to use akmod-nvidia. Any way out of this mess? I know I've been

Re: Akmod-nvidia problem

2009-08-18 Thread Tim
Tim: I just tried akmod-nvidia on Fedora 11 for the first time, the other day. I had to install kernel-devel myself, afterwards, before it could do what it was supposed to. Surely it ought to drag that in as a dependency, then? Installing akmod-nvidia certainly dragged in a pile of other

Akmod-nvidia problem

2009-08-17 Thread gilpel
Since Matthew Saltzman was clear about it: I'm surprised the thread has gone on this long without pointing this out: If you install the akmod-nvidia package, it will rebuild the driver automatically when you boot a new kernel. http://www.mail-archive.com/fedora-list@redhat.com/msg49518.html

Re: Akmod-nvidia problem

2009-08-17 Thread Richard Shaw
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 5:29 PM, gil...@altern.org wrote: Since Matthew Saltzman was clear about it: I'm surprised the thread has gone on this long without pointing this out: If you install the akmod-nvidia package, it will rebuild the driver automatically when you boot a new kernel.

Re: Akmod-nvidia problem

2009-08-17 Thread gilpel
Richard Shaw wrote: On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 5:29 PM, gil...@altern.org wrote: Of course, YMMV, but, as far as I'm concerned, I wouldn't advise anybody to use akmod-nvidia. Any way out of this mess? I know I've been guilty of it at times but you have to be careful drawing those types of

Re: Akmod-nvidia problem

2009-08-17 Thread Tim
On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 21:30 -0500, Richard Shaw wrote: First I have to ask, did you install kernel-headers kernel-devel for the kernel you're booting? I can't remember off hand but at least one if not both of those packages are needed. I just tried akmod-nvidia on Fedora 11 for the first