[ATrpms-users] problem with 9631 nvidia_drv.so

[Chris Schanzle]

On 11/04/2007 12:16 PM, Axel Thimm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 12:40:29PM -0400, Chris Schanzle wrote:
>   
>> Hi.  Symlink to nvidia_drv.so is not being made with el5 
>> nvidia-graphics9631.  X11 won't start without it.
>>
>> Workaround:
>> ln -s nvidia-1.0-9631_drv.o  /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
>> pkill gdm
>>     
>
> This was fixed in later versions of the lagacy driver. Have you tried
> 96.43.01?
>
>   

Good question.  Could you point me to the CentOS 5/RHEL 5 version?
[seems to not be built for that OS.]

Thanks!
Chris


>> About the system:
>>
>> # cat /etc/redhat-release
>> CentOS release 5 (Final)
>>
>> # uname -a
>> Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 #1 SMP Mon Oct 22 08:32:04 
>> EDT 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>
>> # rpm -qa nvidia\*|sort
>> nvidia-graphics9631-1.0_9631-83.el5.i386
>> nvidia-graphics9631-kmdl-2.6.18-8.1.15.el5-1.0_9631-83.el5.i686
>> nvidia-graphics9631-kmdl-2.6.18-8.el5-1.0_9631-83.el5.i686
>> nvidia-graphics9631-libs-1.0_9631-83.el5.i386
>> nvidia-graphics-devices-1.0-5.0.el5.noarch
>> nvidia-graphics-helpers-0.0.22-23.el5.i386
>>
>> # locate -r '/nvidia.*drv'
>> /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia-1.0-9631_drv.o
>>
>> Regards,
>> Chris
>>