[ATrpms-users] nvidia upgrade problem

[John Pilkington]

On 16/01/11 00:18, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote:
> I just ran yum update and got the latest 2.60.19.29 drivers that
> replace the previous 2.60.19.21 version.
>
> However, X11 is no longer working and the syslog shows the following
> message:
> 	NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 260.19.29, but
> 	NVRM: this kernel module has the version 260.19.21.  Please
> 	NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver
> 	NVRM: components have the same version.
>
> I tried also using nvidia-graphics-switch and it didn't help.
> I thought that purpose of nvidia-graphics-switch was to make this all
> happen automagically so I'm not sure what is going wrong and how to
> fix.
>
> I then tried to switch back to my previous nvidia driver and it also
> doesn't load and respawns too fast.
>
> Graphics was working fine before the yum update. I didn't reboot.
> All I did was "stop prefdm; start prefdm"
>
> My /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf seems to properly blacklist nouveau and
> the non-used nvidia modules.
>
> I have the following nvidia rpms installed:
> nvidia-graphics-260.19.29-54.i386.rpm
> nvidia-graphics-devices-1.0-6.fc12.noarch.rpm
> nvidia-graphics-helpers-0.0.29-32.1.fc12.i686.rpm
> nvidia-graphics195.36.15-195.36.15-121.fc12.i686.rpm
> nvidia-graphics195.36.15-kmdl-2.6.32.23-170.fc12-195.36.15-121.fc12.i686.rpm
> nvidia-graphics195.36.15-kmdl-2.6.32.26-175.fc12-195.36.15-121.fc12.i686.rpm
> nvidia-graphics195.36.15-libs-195.36.15-121.fc12.i686.rpm
> nvidia-graphics256.53-256.53-128.fc12.i686.rpm
> nvidia-graphics256.53-kmdl-2.6.32.23-170.fc12-256.53-128.fc12.i686.rpm
> nvidia-graphics256.53-kmdl-2.6.32.26-175.fc12-256.53-128.fc12.i686.rpm
> nvidia-graphics256.53-libs-256.53-128.fc12.i686.rpm
> nvidia-graphics260.19.21-260.19.21-130.fc12.i686.rpm
> nvidia-graphics260.19.21-kmdl-2.6.32.23-170.fc12-260.19.21-130.fc12.i686.rpm
> nvidia-graphics260.19.21-kmdl-2.6.32.26-175.fc12-260.19.21-130.fc12.i686.rpm
> nvidia-graphics260.19.21-libs-260.19.21-130.fc12.i686.rpm
> nvidia-graphics260.19.29-260.19.29-131.fc12.i686.rpm
> nvidia-graphics260.19.29-kmdl-2.6.32.23-170.fc12-260.19.29-131.fc12.i686.rpm
> nvidia-graphics260.19.29-kmdl-2.6.32.26-175.fc12-260.19.29-131.fc12.i686.rpm
> nvidia-graphics260.19.29-libs-260.19.29-131.fc12.i686.rpm
>
>
> Any idea what might be going wrong here?
>
I've no real code-based ideas but I'd say you have far too many toys in 
your toybox.  On f13 my upgrade from 260.19.21 to 260.19.29 was entirely 
painless: IIRC I just installed nvidia-graphics-260.19.29 (using smart, 
which pulled in the other new packages) and rebooted.  I now have the 
generic graphics, graphics-devices and graphics-helpers installed, 
together with the three packages specific for 260.19.21 and those for 
260.19.19.  I would expect to be able to switch between the versions now 
using nvidia-graphics-switch - but I haven't tried it :-).

Do you really need all the other packages?

John P