Re: [SLUG] Please explain this to me

From: Bob Stia (rnr@sanctum.com)
Date: Mon Dec 08 2008 - 20:37:12 EST


On Monday 08 December 2008 12:44:25 am draeath wrote:
> for some reason the nvidia installer doesnt respect multiple kernels.
> the module(s) itself goes in a version specific path, and the rest (glx
> libs etc) don't care about the kernel. So, if you could get it to stop
> uninstalling, they could coexist. uninstalling later would be tricky
> though.
>
Hmmm...Interesting. I would call thaat a bug.

> Try going through the nvidia readme to see if there is an installer
> switch to prevent uninstall. you may need to extract it from the .run
> first with "<nvidia-installer>.run --extract" and nose around.
>
I'll do a little nosing around now that you have put me on the right path.
Will let you all know if I can solve this.

Thanks so much for the info and interest.

Bob S

> On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 11:06 pm, Bob Stia wrote:
> > Hello Sluggers,
> >
> > I'm having nvidia driver problems.
> >
> > Running SuSE 10.3 64 bit. I have two active kernels that I can choose
> > from at
> > boot-up. I can install the latest nvidia driver on one kernel but not
> > the
> > other. (using the nvidia-installer) I can then install the driver on
> > the "other" but it uninstalls it on the first kernel. How is this
> > possible?
> > There is only one xorg.conf file and either of the kernels should use
> > that
> > one xorg.conf.
> >
> > I must be missing something here or not understanding what is going on.
> >
> > Bob S
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