[mythtv-users] Problems With Nvidia Drivers and Fedora 12

[Mache Creeger]

Problem solved. I needed to migrate /etc/modprobe.conf to 
/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf

-- Mache

At 12:15 PM 1/10/2010, Mache Creeger wrote:
>While I generally do not want to mix rpmfusion and atrpms (I use 
>atrpms) I followed the instructions to get the nvidia drivers 
>working on Fedora 12 that were listed here.
>
>http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia#head-205aab6f190d363e3915c0fa2e0681fc392aaeb6
>
>I did
>
># mv /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r)-nouveau.img
># dracut /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)
>
>and added
>
>rdblacklist=nouveau
>
>to the end of the kernel line in /etc/grub.conf
>
># yum install kmod-nvidia exited with a conflict error between 
>already installed nvidia-graphics190.42-190.42-119.fc12 and 
>xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-190.42-5.fc12
>
>Rebooting without kmod-nvidia still ends in a loop trying to start the GUI.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Details listed below
>
>-- Mache
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
># rpm -qa | grep nvidia
>nvidia-graphics190.42-kmdl-2.6.31.9-174.fc12-190.42-119.fc12.i686
>nvidia-graphics190.42-190.42-119.fc12.i686
>nvidia-graphics-devices-1.0-6.fc12.noarch
>nvidia-graphics-helpers-0.0.29-30.fc12.i686
>nvidia-graphics190.42-libs-190.42-119.fc12.i686
>
># uname -r
>2.6.31.9-174.fc12.i686
>
># ls -al /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so.190.42
>-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2320108 2009-11-15 05:04 
>/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so.190.42
>
># yum install kmod-nvidia
>Installing:
>  kmod-nvidia                                i686 
> 190.42-1.fc12.9           rpmfusion-nonfree-updates          29 k
>Installing for dependencies:
>  kmod-nvidia-2.6.31.9-174.fc12.i686         i686 
> 190.42-1.fc12.9           rpmfusion-nonfree-updates         2.2 M
>  livna-config-display                       noarch 
> 0.0.23-1.fc11             rpmfusion-nonfree                  68 k
>  nvidia-settings                            i686 
> 1.0-3.2.fc12              rpmfusion-nonfree-updates         652 k
>  nvidia-xconfig                             i686 
> 1.0-1.fc12                rpmfusion-nonfree-updates          73 k
>  xorg-x11-drv-nvidia                        i686 
> 190.42-5.fc12             rpmfusion-nonfree-updates         1.5 M
>  xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs                   i686 
> 190.42-5.fc12             rpmfusion-nonfree-updates         5.9 M
>
>Transaction Summary
>=============================================================================================================================
>Install       7 Package(s)
>Upgrade       0 Package(s)
>
>Total size: 10 M
>Is this ok [y/N]: y
>Downloading Packages:
>Running rpm_check_debug
>Running Transaction Test
>Finished Transaction Test
>
>Transaction Check Error:
>   file /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so.190.42 
> from install of xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-190.42-5.fc12.i686 conflicts 
> with file from package nvidia-graphics190.42-190.42-119.fc12.i686
>
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