Re: Fedora 24

On 06/29/16 14:36, Dave Pawson wrote: > On 29 June 2016 at 04:18, Sérgio Basto <sergio(a)serjux.com&gt; wrote: >> On Ter, 2016-06-28 at 08:19 +0100, Dave Pawson wrote: >>> $dnf remove xorg-x11-drv-nvidia\* >>> >>> and I'm working again. Full graphics (so far) >> Maybe Fedora 24 just works with nvidia beta version 367.27, because I >> read in g+ [1] running the upstream script, one way that I not >> recommended at all, it will write files everywhere , and will be >> difficult revert it, but ends up with 367.27 installed and running . >> >> [1] >> https://plus.google.com/111618699399766211914/posts/5zw2YsEV9xZ >> >> -- >> Sérgio M. B. > > Of note, when I removed nvidia I saw > > Jun 28 08:09:34 DDEBUG Extra commands: ['xorg-x11-drv-nvidia*'] > Jun 28 08:09:34 DDEBUG timer: sack setup: 5 ms > Jun 28 08:09:34 DEBUG --> Starting dependency resolution > Jun 28 08:09:34 DEBUG --> Finding unneeded leftover dependencies > Jun 28 08:09:35 DEBUG ---> Package akmod-nvidia.x86_64 1:358.16-2.fc24 > will be erased > Jun 28 08:09:35 DEBUG ---> Package > kmod-nvidia-4.5.6-200.fc23.x86_64.x86_64 1:358.16-2.fc24 will be > erased > Jun 28 08:09:35 DEBUG ---> Package > kmod-nvidia-4.5.7-200.fc23.x86_64.x86_64 1:358.16-2.fc24 will be > erased > Jun 28 08:09:35 DEBUG ---> Package > kmod-nvidia-4.5.7-300.fc24.x86_64.x86_64 1:358.16-2.fc24 will be > erased > Jun 28 08:09:35 DEBUG ---> Package xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.x86_64 > 1:358.16-3.fc24 will be erased > Jun 28 08:09:35 DEBUG ---> Package xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-kmodsrc.x86_64 > 1:358.16-3.fc24 will be erased > Jun 28 08:09:35 DEBUG ---> Package xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.x86_64 > 1:358.16-3.fc24 will be erased > Jun 28 08:09:35 DEBUG --> Finished dependency resolution > > > Note that some packages seem (true/false?) to be FC23 related? > Is Package kmod-nvidia-4.5.6-200.fc23.x86_64.x86_64 1:358.16-2.fc24 a > 23 or 24 package? > > Could there be contention if they are fc23 packages? Yes, they are F23 related and No there isn't any contention. The kmod packages are kernel version specific. So you'll have one for each kernel installed on your system. Since you just recently upgraded from F23 to F24 you'll still have several F23 kernels installed and the associated kmod. [egreshko@meimei ~]$ rpm -qa | grep ^kmod-nvidia kmod-nvidia-4.5.7-300.fc24.x86_64-358.16-2.fc24.x86_64 kmod-nvidia-4.5.7-200.fc23.x86_64-358.16-2.fc24.x86_64 kmod-nvidia-4.5.6-200.fc23.x86_64-358.16-2.fc24.x86_64 [egreshko@meimei ~]$ rpm -q kernel kernel-4.5.6-200.fc23.x86_64 kernel-4.5.7-200.fc23.x86_64 kernel-4.5.7-300.fc24.x86_64 Note the matching versions....