On 12/26/2011 06:22 PM, Lawrence Graves wrote: > > > On 12/26/2011 05:07 PM, Pete Travis wrote: >> >> >> On Dec 26, 2011 2:07 PM, "Lawrence Graves" <lgrave...@gmail.com >> <mailto:lgrave...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > >> > I would like to do an update on my Dell 9400 Inspiron which is running >> > 275.43 nvidia drivers. Is there a command that will >> allow me this option if need. Please help. >> > -- >> > Lawrence Graves All things are workable but don't all things work. >> > >> > -- >> > users mailing list >> > users@lists.fedoraproject.org <mailto:users@lists.fedoraproject.org> >> > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org >> > >> >> You don't need to worry about it unless there is a kernel update, at which >> point you should reinstall the drivers so they build >> against the new kernel. IIRC, that's. '/NVIDIA.RUN --uninstall ' >> >> Try the kmod again while you have the nvidia ones uninstalled, if you like. >> I still haven't read where the default drivers were >> inadequate for you.... >> >> >> > I am going to do this for you Pete, and pray it works. I haven't tried this > way before. I have install Fedora 16 on my laptop > about 30 times trying to get the 290.10 nvidia drivers from rpmfusion to > installed but I never tried it this way. > -- > Lawrence Graves All things are workable but don't all things work. > > After installing the nvidia drivers from nvidia.com you will need to recompile them against the kernel if you've updated it. You can do this by rerunning the nvidia-installer in runlevel3. Then you change to runlevel5 and the nvidia driver will load. We (Lawrence and I) went around and around with the kmod/akmod stuff with the 290.10 driver and it *just wouldn't work* (he could *never* get an X screen). Once there is a kmod/akmod for th 275.43 driver then I would suggest going back to that solution so he can update his kernel at will. Until then, if he wants a working X, he's going to have to go about it this way.
Kevin
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