nvidia 304.64

[Sérgio Basto]

On Qua, 2013-04-24 at 01:10 +0100, Sérgio Basto wrote: 
> On Ter, 2013-04-23 at 20:01 +0100, John Pilkington wrote: 
> > On 23/04/13 18:41, Sérgio Basto wrote:
> > > On Ter, 2013-04-23 at 12:31 +0100, John Pilkington wrote:
> > >> Hi:  I've just moved my Fedora 17 box from ATrpms to rpmfusion.  I had a
> > >> problem with OpenGL and nVidia 304.64, which I think I had seen before
> > >> with the ATrpms build but had worked around by reverting to 304.51
> > >> That's no longer easy.  I'm using a GeForce 7500 LE card, not vdpau capable.
> > >>
> > >> The packages as installed load modules from X.org instead of those from
> > >> nVidia.  The driver seems ok after editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf like this:
> > >>
> > >> Section "Files"
> > >> #	ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
> > >>           ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/nvidia/xorg"
> > >> #	ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions"
> > >> 	ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
> > >> 	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1"
> > >> EndSection
> > >>
> > >> as suggested here:
> > >>
> > >> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=286084
> > >
> > >
> > > repoquery --envra --releasever=17 \*nvidia\*
> > >
> > > 1:kmod-nvidia-304.88-1.fc17.3.x86_64
> > >
> > > so
> > > yum install kmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia
> > >
> > > Don't understand if you have any problem , but consider first uninstall
> > > ATrpms which we already have on repos , to avoid conflicts ...
> > 
> > It crashed and returned me to the login screen when GL was tried (from 
> > mythtvsetup) or queried from the nvidia control panel.
> > 
> > I didn't have updates-testing enabled.  Is it seen as part of the normal 
> > setup?
> > 
> > The latest in updates is what I have now, with nvidia-settings, 

My nvidia-settings says clearly 304.88 , you should have somthing that
not belongs to rpmfusion packages.


> > nvidia-xconfig showing as updated to 304.60 but ok. I don't think I have 
> > any relevant ATrpms packages installed now, and the URL shows that 
> > 304.64 has given other people trouble.
> 
> repoquery --envra --releasever=17 \*nvidia\* --disablerepo=free-fedora-update-testing
> 
> you have 
> xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-304.88-1.fc17.x86_64
> and 
> nvidia-xconfig-1.0-20.fc17.x86_64
> 
> so don't understand , or I may miss something in nvidia versions ...
> 
> anyway about crash , please open a bug , and attach at
> least   /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old after crash 
> and  LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxinfo
> 
> > >> And I have another unrelated observation:
> > >>
> > >> The '*config-smart-17-2.x86_64' package in nonfree-updates claims to
> > >> apply to nonfree but is named free and conflicts with the one in the
> > >> 'free-updates' repo.
> > >
> > >
> > > you need or use smart ?
> > 
> > I like to have it available, in part for the info that it makes easily 
> > accessible.  I wouldn't expect to use all the flavours that the config 
> > package for 'free' offers.  I just pointed it at the download1 web 
> > pages.  I have 1.4.1 based on the unpatched tarball and Axel's specfile.
> > >
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> 

-- 
Sérgio M. B.