Cannot update the nvidia kernel module!
 

Can anyone help? :Pengy: I have updated my FC3 kernel and the nvidia kernel modules 7 times now with no problem. Then there is suddenly a new update for the nvidia driver and kernel module for it which should make everything just fine, but it just gets all screwed up.

To be more specific;
First I was notified by FC3 of multiple updates including kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.10-1.770_FC3, nvidia-glx, and nvidia-glx-devel for nvidia driver 1.0-7167.

I did not think about the possible need to download the driver first. I took it for granted that the module did not depend on the driver but the driver depended on the module. However, it would not install. I I got were dependencey errors as follows.
Immediately upon transaction check!________________________________________________________________________________
kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.10-1.770_FC3.i686 0:1.0.7167-0.lvn.3.3
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.6629 for package: kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.10-1.741_FC3
--> Processing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.6629 for package: kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.10-1.766_FC3
--> Processing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.6629 for package: kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.9-1.724_FC3
--> Processing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.6629 for package: kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.10-1.760_FC3
--> Processing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.6629 for package: kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.10-1.741_FC3
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.6629 is needed by package kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.9-1.724_FC3
Error: Missing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.6629 is needed by package kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.10-1.760_FC3
Error: Missing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.6629 is needed by package kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.10-1.741_FC3
Error: Missing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.6629 is needed by package kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.10-1.766_FC3
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As stated. At this point, the 1-0.6629 driver still existed and I saw no reason for conflict since a module is just a module until it is activated. Nevertheless, i figured I would install the driver andf take things from there. So I did the necessary prep, getting out of x and such, then installed the nvidia driver update successfully. Prepared to adjust xorg,conf, but it was ok so I left it alone. Readjusted the inittab to get back to graphics mode and rebooted, but it would not allow me into x with the nvidia driver. So I allowed fc3 to config x without the nvidia driver and then tried to install teh nvidia module and such but it still would not allow me to do so and repeated the damn error,
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--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.6629 for package: kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.10-1.741_FC3
--> Processing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.6629 for package: kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.10-1.766_FC3
--> Processing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.6629 for package: kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.9-1.724_FC3
--> Processing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.6629 for package: kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.10-1.760_FC3
--> Processing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.6629 for package: kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.10-1.741_FC3
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.6629 is needed by package kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.9-1.724_FC3
Error: Missing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.6629 is needed by package kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.10-1.760_FC3
Error: Missing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.6629 is needed by package kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.10-1.741_FC3
Error: Missing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 0:1.0.6629 is needed by package kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.10-1.766_FC3
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which at this point is even more confusing and illogical since the nvidia installation procedure removed the 1.0.6629 driver completely.

SO, how do I make fc3 update nvidia? I truly do not understand the need to remove any of the old nvidia stuff, but if that is necessary how do I do that?

I surely hope someone can help me. FC3 and nvidia have been doing real well until now.

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nvidia removal:
nvidia-installer --uninstall

nvidia in fc3
 

I thank you for that uninstall info, which I will save in case I need it later. However, I ran into more problems with that nvidia update before I could even read your help.

I do not know what happened, but my effort to get rid of the nvidia update and just use the old nvidia 6629 somehow wiped out the glx. Thus, I suddenly was not able to get into fc3 at all. So I had to reinstall fc3.

Now I am in fc3 with the latest fc3 kernel 770. I hav enot installed the nvidia driver at all yet because I am a bit nervous about the problem I had before. Of course, since I do not have any nvidia driver at this stage I know there will not be a driver conflict, but I remember something that happened the first original time I ever install nvidia in fc3.

I wil explain and hopefully someone can give me some advice. Here goes!

When I first installed an nvidia driver in fc3 I had problems because it could not find or connect with glx. As such, it would not install and I did some research. in the research I discovered that livna-test or something like that was created modules, glx, and glx-development rpm pkgs for nvidia. So I did a yum search for nvidia and found pkgs for a 686 computer and install them. Then I had nvidia working beautifully.

At this point in time, I cannot remember if I somehow got the 6629 nvidia driver install to work for me before I used the fc3 nvidia rpm's or not and thus am being cautious with a new install of the latest 7167 nvidia installation. Let me further explain my current fears.

First, I hate having to constantly reinstall the entire operating system which is why I got rid of Mandrake and switchewd to FC3 to begin with. So now I am trying to be sure i do not fuck up again. However, my recent yum search for the fc3 nvidia pkgs shows a kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.10-1.770_FC3.i6 1.0.7167-0.lvn.3.3 and that is for a 686 computer, but the glx pkg is only nvidia-glx.i586 1.0.7167-0.lvn.1.3. So I am not sure of what to do.

I surely hope all of you will forgive me for most likely sounding quite naive if not a bit ridiculous, but should I use the normal nvidia driver installation or should I use the fc3 nvidia rpm installation? I am thinking there may be a problem with the glx because of there not being one specifically configured for my 686 computer. Would the latest 7167 nvidia driver automatically configure the glx or do I need to wait for the livna-testing people to create the nvida-glx.i686 rpm pkg?

Can anyone help me with this?

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