nvidia and xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL

[Jeff Vian]

On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 09:43 +0200, Chadley Wilson wrote:
> On Tuesday 04 January 2005 12:56, Przemyslaw Gawronski wrote:
> > Hi Fedora users
> >
> > The subject of nvidia driver was up several times. I've managed to
> > install it correctly according to sugestions given on the list.
> >
> > But, one of the steps was to uninstall xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL rpm. When
> > ever I update my system with yum this package gets installed. So I have
> > to uninstall it manually and install nvidia driver again.
> >
> > How do other nvidia users deal with this ?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Przemek
> >
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> Could some-one please answer this thread with a factual statement, as I also 
> suffer from these symptoms.
> I have reloaded my box close on 10 times, and would really like a final 
> solution that works too. not to mention if the original poster must seek and 
> destroy for a solution, then he has posted for help here in vain, the list 
> has not been a benefit to him or the archives. 
> I can also spend 4 days loading all the packages you lot have suggested. and 
> would ultimately find a solution. The objective of the mailing list is to 
> share solutions to problems, not present the poster with problems.
> If you have problems don't raise them and answers to other problems. 
> raise your questions, seek answer and solutions.
> 
> I cannot tell you how frustrating I am getting with the archives and with 
> google results. all we get is deadend half cocked solutions, we mail the same 
> question to the mailing and get crapped on for the "so called Answer" lie 
> burried within a mess of argments and crap like this, That said I will stop 
> writting now.
> 
> OH what is a solution Please!
> 

Yum can be told to exclude updates to specific packages.

my yum.conf file contains this line.
   exclude=xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL

and I never have to worry about the update reinstalling the MESA package
that used to interfere with the nvidia driver.




> Thanks
> 
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