still problems with updating kernels + nvidia drivers

[Chuck Peters]

On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am using the standard nvidia kmod on f17.  I was surprised today, when
> doing yum update, that I got a new kernel installed without the
> corresponding nvidia kmod.
>
> I thought this was fixed long ago?  Shouldn't the deps be setup to prevent
> this from happening?
>

> I know how to rescue my system, but many users might not.
>

I supported a Fedora user who was legally blind, and she knew enough to
boot into an older kernel if it was available, but other than that this is
not something she could handle without additional help.

Her system was multi-boot and one partition was Ubuntu 12.04 and it did not
require a new nvidia package every time the kernel was updated.  Ubuntu
uses dkms to build the new nvidia module when a new kernel is installed.
 So why does Fedora require a new nvidia package with every kernel?


Chuck
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