[ATrpms-users] FC5 nvidia9639 bad, 9631 good for me

[John Pilkington]

Paulo Cavalcanti wrote:
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>     /etc/modprobe.conf refers to nvidia-1_0-9639
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>     after nvidia-graphics-switch 9639
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>     /var/log/messages said that version 1.0-9631 was loaded, and complained
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>     modprobe nvidia-1_0-9639 didn't complain and I have X back.  I don't
>     know how robustly it is in place. 
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> When a higher version is installed (9639), my experience is that it is 
> necessary to
> remove at least the modules of the old version (9631). Otherwise, X 
> always loads the lowest version module (do not ask me why).
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> -- 
> Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
> LCG - UFRJ
I don't remember this in the past.  It looked to me as if there is a
conflict between the expected name of the kmdl and the one that it
actually has - that is, between 1.0xxx and 1_0xxx (or vice versa).  But
once I'm convinced I know how to get it working I'll remove 9361

Thanks,
John P