Re: NVRM: API mismatches after latest update

2009/6/16 Peter Reed <peterreed(a)gmx.com&gt;: >> 2009/6/16 Neal Becker <ndbecker2(a)gmail.com&gt;: >> > F11 x86_64 with all updates: >> > >> > Jun 16 08:35:21 nbecker1 kernel: NVRM: API mismatch: the client has >> > the version 185.18.14, but >> > Jun 16 08:35:21 nbecker1 kernel: NVRM: this kernel module has the >> > version 180.51. Please >> > Jun 16 08:35:21 nbecker1 kernel: NVRM: make sure that this kernel >> > module and all NVIDIA driver >> > Jun 16 08:35:21 nbecker1 kernel: NVRM: components have the same >> > version. >> >> This seems to be experienced with various place. But doesn't seems a >> problem with the nvidia driver itself. >> (the driver works). For some reason the package that provides the >> kernel module hasn't been updated along with the driver, or stayed >> installed along... >> >> Are you using akmod-nvidia ? >> >> If you do: >> yum remove xorg-x11-drv-nvidia (better to rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf then). >> Do you have a nvidia.ko or nvidia package that remains installed. >> lsmod |grep nouveau >> rpm -qa |grep nvidia > > Hello all, > I am receiving the same error as well. It seems to happen not only with > the driver packaged by rpmfusion but also the package from nvidia. > Driver 180.60 does not seem to have this problem however. I am not > using the akmod-nvidia however I did try it and it does not seem to make > a difference I still receive the same error. > [preed@localhost ~]$ lsmod | grep nouveau > nouveau 470896 1 This is written here http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia the 180.18.14-2 package already bundles the blacklist-nouveau.conf so you need to do as root: mkinitrd -f /boot/initrd-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r) But this may be a separate problem as nouveau been loaded automatically. Nicolas (kwizart)