Hey All,
Heads up!
For some reason the Software Updater thought it would be interesting for
me if it upgraded my nvidia 304 driver with the nvidia 310.32-1 driver.
That would be nice if the 310 driver supported my crusty old GS 7600
but it doesn't. I had to run two yum downgrade sessions to get it back
to working again. First downgrade brought me 310.19-2, which doesn't
support my video card, in place of 310.32. The second downgrade
restored the 304 driver.
I'm not sure about this but that seems like a bug when it thinks that
the 310 driver package is an upgrade for the 304 driver package.
Jan 23 21:43:39 Updated: kmod-nvidia-310.32-1.el6.elrepo.i686
Jan 23 21:43:49 Updated: nvidia-x11-drv-310.32-1.el6.elrepo.i686
Jan 24 00:43:58 Installed: kmod-nvidia-310.19-2.el6.elrepo.i686
Jan 24 00:44:10 Installed: nvidia-x11-drv-310.19-2.el6.elrepo.i686
Jan 24 00:59:38 Installed: kmod-nvidia-304.64-1.el6.elrepo.i686
Jan 24 00:59:49 Installed: nvidia-x11-drv-304.64-1.el6.elrepo.i686
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> I'm not sure about this but that seems like a bug when it thinks that > the 310 driver package is an upgrade for the 304 driver package. > > Jan 23 21:43:39 Updated: kmod-nvidia-310.32-1.el6.elrepo.i686 > Jan 23 21:43:49 Updated: nvidia-x11-drv-310.32-1.el6.elrepo.i686 > Jan 24 00:43:58 Installed: kmod-nvidia-310.19-2.el6.elrepo.i686 > Jan 24 00:44:10 Installed: nvidia-x11-drv-310.19-2.el6.elrepo.i686 > Jan 24 00:59:38 Installed: kmod-nvidia-304.64-1.el6.elrepo.i686 > Jan 24 00:59:49 Installed: nvidia-x11-drv-304.64-1.el6.elrepo.i686This doesn't appear to be a CentOS issue, possibly an elrepo issue. Barry
On 01/24/2013 01:18 AM, Mark LaPierre wrote:> Hey All, > > Heads up! > > For some reason the Software Updater thought it would be interesting for > me if it upgraded my nvidia 304 driver with the nvidia 310.32-1 driver.This would be elrepo's driver, right? You'll want to uninstall nvidia-x11-drv (which will take the kmod with it) and install nvidia-x11-drv-304xx instead (which will pull in the 304 legacy driver. You'll need to reinstall any dependent packages with it, so take notes when you do the uninstall of nvidia-x11-drv. Too bad yum doesn't do a 'yum replace nvidia-x11-drv nvidia-x11-drv-304xx' or similar. This was posted on the elrepo mailing list a while back; if you use the elrepo drivers you really need to follow the elrepo list. And this is at core an nvidia issue, since nvidia is the one changing their drivers. I've run into this on three CentOS 6+elrepo machines, including the laptop I'm using right now; two desktops with GeForce 6000 series and this laptop with a Quadro FX350M.