[mythtv-users] Upgrading a MythTV Box with the new NVidia Driver using atrpms

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Vincent K. Britton wrote:

>How do you upgrade to these new NVidia drivers?
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>I currently have the following installed:
>[root at localhost root]# rpm -qa |grep nvidia
>nvidia-graphics-libs-1.0_5336-49.rhfc1.at
>nvidia-graphics-helpers-0.0.3-3.at
>nvidia-graphics4363-libs-1.0_4363-55.rhfc1.at
>nvidia-graphics4363-1.0_4363-55.rhfc1.at
>nvidia-graphics4363-kmdl-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl_37.rhfc1.at-1.0_4363-49.rhfc1.at
>kernel-module-nvidia-graphics4363-2.4.22-1.2188.nptl-1.0_4363-55.rhfc1.at
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>Do I simply have to uninstall these and install the new ones?  
>I see the new atrpms are available:
>nvidia-graphics6106-1.0_6106-57.rhfc1.at.i386.rpm etc. 
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>I installed using Jarod's guide and must confess that my Linux knowledge, as limited as it is, doesn't cover drivers.  So I would appreciated as much detail as possible!
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>Thank you for any assistance you can provide!
>
>Sincerely,
>Vince 
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I tried to upgrade via apt, but the x server crashed on reboot. I 
upgraded the kernel, removed the old nvidia drivers, then installed the 
6106 driver and kmdl all through atrpms. On reboot I got a message 
saying the kernel module couldn't be found and there were no useable 
screens. I am not sure what I did wrong.

However it is very easy to install the package from nvidia here: 
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-6106.html
These worked without a hitch.