Yum installed the 3.11 kernel on my F19 x86_64 box and normally akmod would have built the nvidia driver (319.32-2) for the new kernel, but no such luck. Where does the akmod service keep its log files so I can look into what went wrong? Also, is it possible to manually build the akmod files? I looked at this set of directions http://fedorasolved.org/Members/zcat/akmods, but it is outdated (and running systemctl restart akmods.service didn't yield any output)?

----- Original Message ----- > From: "Reindl Harald" <h.reindl(a)thelounge.net&gt; > To: rpmfusion-users(a)lists.rpmfusion.org > Sent: Saturday, 21 September, 2013 4:28:57 PM > Subject: Re: Force manual build from akmod > > akmod does not magically update the driver sources to be compatible > with a new kernel release > so keep your fingers from early kernels or buy hardware not rely on > 3rd party drivers I know I should not feed the Trolls, but I do feel compelled to answer this oh, so helpful comment from Harald here because Linux is very important to me.

First, the Development model of the Linux kernel (and much of the OSS software projects out there) is called RERO (Release early, release often). The entire point of this model is to speed up the development of the project, the kernel in this case, and striving for higher quality software.

Read more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Release_early,_release_often

My point is, please don't let anyone scare you away from taking part in the process, trying new things and finding bugs. So if you are willing to take part in making the kernel and other OSS software better, don't "keep your fingers from early kernels".

Instead complain when distro's that call them selves bleeding edge, like Fedora does, do not release new kernels in a timely fasion. Be proud of the fact that you are taking part and helping.

Never let anyone tell you not to install updates from your vendor as that can result in drastic security and stabilty problems on your machine. If the bleeding edge is not to your liking, you should instead choose one of the LTS (Long Term Support) distro's that are out there.

Second, you are also completely free to select whatever hardware you want based on your own criteria

----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Galt" <george.galt(a)gmail.com&gt; > To: "RPM Fusion users discussion list" < rpmfusion-users(a)lists.rpmfusion.org&gt; > Sent: Saturday, 21 September, 2013 4:27:19 PM > Subject: Force manual build from akmod > > > Yum installed the 3.11 kernel on my F19 x86_64 box and normally akmod > would have built the nvidia driver (319.32-2) for the new kernel, > but no such luck. Where does the akmod service keep its log files so > I can look into what went wrong? Also, is it possible to manually > build the akmod files? I looked at this set of directions > http://fedorasolved.org/Members/zcat/akmods , but it is outdated > (and running systemctl restart akmods.service didn't yield any > output)? Hello George, There has been an ABI change in the kernel at version 3.11 affecting all binaries that use it, including the nvidia drivers. This is a very simple change with a simple fix. Here is the bugzilla entry. https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2956 The fix is out, you can find it here: http://www.forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=294091 This has not been released in the the rpmfusion repos because the buildsystem is currently broken. [ra@hamburger ~]$ uname -a Linux hamburger.home.ra.is 3.11.1-200.fc19.x86_64 #1 SMP Sat Sep 14 15:04:51 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [ra@hamburger ~]$ lsmod | grep -i nvidia nvidia 9430089 57 drm 274480 2 nvidia i2c_core 34242 3 drm,nvidia,videodev The fix is working great for me.