nvidia blues

[Karl Larsen]

Scott van Looy wrote:
> Today Karl Larsen did spake thusly:
>
>>   I had nvidia running fine on this computer using the kmod-nvidia 
>> files that come from fedora. Then I was told about better nvidia 
>> software from their web site. I got it and tried to install it on 
>> this computer. It did not install and it ruined the older nvidia.
>
> If you install stuff over existing stuff it'll most likely 
> break...what you appear to have done is installed the livna 
> kmod-nvidia package and its dependencies and then installed the nvidia 
> binary installer over this
>
>>   I find init has nvidia in it and it comes up broken. It writes 
>> FAILED in red letters on bootup. It complains it can't find a python 
>> config file and it is not there, I checked.
>
> You've probably overwritten some of the yum installed files with 
> nvidia installer files
>
>>   Now what I would really like to do is eliminate that entry in init 
>> so I can use the newer nvidia. Failing in that I need to find out 
>> what sets up the nvidia with the kmod-nvidia files.
>
> yum remove kmod-nvidia (to remove the rpm version from livna)
>
> nvidia-installer --uninstall (to remove the binary version from nvidia)
>
>     I did both of those earlier. I got a new kmod-nvidia file from the 
> update today. It figures because I got a new kernel yesterday.
What I want is a way to get the broken init call deleted. If I goto 
/etc/rc.d/init.d/ I see the nvidia init entry and would like to 
un-install it. But I do not know how to.



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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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