Re: Kernel update / NVIDIA / Catch-22?

[Anthony Gardner <anthonyg63 yahoo co uk>]

John,

Thanks for the tip and sorry for the delay in getting
back.

I changed the way you did it, slightly. 

While in X, I removed the nvidia drivers, that allowed
me to continue with the kernel install while in X and
then I simply installed the new graphics driver.

I've had a few problems with random segmentation
faults on xmms and the latest up2date. I'll keep an
eye on that. Not sure if it's because of the new
kernel or just a coincidence.

-Anthony

-Anthony

 --- John Nelson <john computation com> wrote: > Yes,
your kernel is out of date but the situation
> isn't as bad as you 
> think (if I understand it).  First, turn off X
> Windows by setting 
> /etc/inittab to level 3, not level 5.  Boot into
> Linux and use the command 
> line to use either the Redhat Network to upgrade
> your kernel or download 
> the latest kernel version which is 2.4.9-31.
> 
> Reinstall and boot from this kernel.  Still using
> the command line 
> interface (and remember that you get several of
> these with ALT-F1,2,3,...) 
> use Lynx to go to Nvidia's page or FTP to FTP the
> latest drivers.  You'll 
> need the kernel driver and the GLX driver.  Make
> sure that the driver you 
> download matches the kernel level and the
> distribution level.  For 
> example, kernel 2.4.9-31, uniprocessor, Redhat 7.1.
> 
> Download these drivers, install the kernel driver
> first then the GLX 
> module.  Use Xconfigurator to set up X Windows with
> --preferxf4 and then 
> edit the XF86Config-4 file to use the "nvidia"
> driver not "nv".  Comment 
> out GLOpen and DRI (better read the instructions,
> I'm not sure these are 
> the ones to comment out) and do "startx".  You
> should get an Nvidia splash 
> panel and you're off and running.
> 
> -- John
> 
> On Thu, 2 May 2002, Anthony Gardner wrote:
> 
> > Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 10:21:38 +0100 (BST)
> > From: Anthony Gardner <anthonyg63 yahoo co uk>
> > Reply-To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> > To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> > Subject: Kernel update / NVIDIA / Catch-22?
> > 
> > All,
> > 
> > I tried to update my 2.4.2 kernel to the latest
> but
> > there is a dependency conflict with my nvidia
> graphics
> > card.
> > 
> > There is a graphics driver for the updated kernel
> but
> > I'm guessing I need to update the kernel before
> the
> > driver otherwise they'll be a dependency conflict
> in
> > the other direction.
> > 
> > This seems like a catch-22.
> > 
> > Has anyone overcome this problem?
> > 
> 
> -- 
>
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