[ATrpms-users] nvidia upgrade problem

[Jeffrey J. Kosowsky]

John Robinson wrote at about 11:47:01 +0000 on Sunday, January 16, 2011:
 > On 16/01/2011 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.
 > [...]
 > > Graphics was working fine before the yum update. I didn't reboot.
 > > All I did was "stop prefdm; start prefdm"
 > 
 > There's the problem right there. You're still running the older kernel 
 > module because you didn't reboot (or otherwise switch to the newer 
 > kernel module; I imagine you could have stopped prefdm, unloaded the old 
 > module, loaded the new one, and started prefdm instead of rebooting).
 > 
But I did "stop prefdm"; did the nvidia-graphics-switch and then
"start prefdm"
That is supposed to change the kernel modules.
I also btw tried it manually...