kmod-nvidia for non-standard fedora kernel?

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 6/30/06, Terry Snyder <terryjr386 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/30/06, Lonni J Friedman <netllama at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 6/30/06, Terry Snyder <terryjr386 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I downloaded the src.rpm files but now I get this as an error message
> when I
> > > try to make the rpms.  What do I need to do to fix this?
> > >
> > > ]$ rpmbuild -ba nvidia-kmod.spec --target $(uname -m) --without userland
> > > Building target platforms: i686
> > > Building for target i686
> > > error: Failed build dependencies:
> > >         kernel-devel-i686 = 2.6.17-1.2139_FC5 is needed by
> > > nvidia-kmod-1.0.8762-2.2.6.17_1.2139_FC5.i686
> > >         kernel-smp-devel-i686 = 2.6.17-1.2139_FC5 is needed by
> > > nvidia-kmod-1.0.8762-2.2.6.17_1.2139_FC5.i686
> > >         kernel-kdump-devel-i686 = 2.6.17-1.2139_FC5 is needed by
> > > nvidia-kmod-1.0.8762-2.2.6.17_1.2139_FC5.i686
> > >
> > >
> > > I am really new at creating rpm files  I have been really lucky in the
> fact
> > > that if the rpm didn't work I would do a make install from source.
> > >
> > >  My ]$ uname -r -m is.
> > > 2.6.17-1.2139_FC5.stk16smp i686
> >
>
> what's with the stk16 ?  At any rate, you need the packages it told
> you need above.  Install them with yum.
>
>
> stk16 is the 16k Kernel Stack from
> http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/wlan/full/downloads-fc5-kernel-i686.php
>
> I downloaded all that yum would download and I am still getting this:
>
>
> ]$ rpmbuild -ba nvidia-kmod.spec --target $(uname -m) --without userland
> Building target platforms: i686
> Building for target i686
> error: Failed build dependencies:
>         kernel-smp-devel-i686 = 2.6.17-1.2139_FC5 is needed by
> nvidia-kmod-1.0.8762-2.2.6.17_1.2139_FC5.i686
>
> when I do yum install kernel-smp-devel
> I get nothing to do.

Perhaps its already installed with the 16k stack kernel?  You can
always try using --nodeps.  Or just install the official driver
package from NVIDIA's website.


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