Thanks Ed, some parts understood (but I ask why!)... Others raise more questions
On 19 June 2017 at 18:06, Ed Greshko <ed.greshko(a)greshko.com> wrote:
On 06/19/17 20:16, Dave Pawson wrote:
I've done the song and dance previously - I kept getting caught out
when the akmod-nvidia was a day or two behind kernel updates!
I think you are thinking of kmod.
Would you explain the difference please? And what is the sequence
to change to akmod?
If you run with akmod it will automatically rebuild the kmods for you so you
won't be caught. The only "downside" is that now with dnf you have to
remember that the rebuild process runs after, and silently, the dnf updates
are completed. If you reboot too quickly the process wouldn't have enough
time to finish and when your reboot you'll have a blank screen for a few
minutes while it is rebuilding again....silently. So, if you forget that
you may be inclined to think you've got a hung system....but you don't.
It's the 'silent' that bugs me and makes me ask WHY :-)
Tks for the explanation.
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