[MythDora] ATrpms - Yum question

[gchris]

Dennis Hand wrote:
> On 9/30/07, gchris <gchris at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> Dennis,
>>
>> We've got a more fundamental problem.  I just tried installing that
>> driver from my DVD and here's what I got:
>> [root at mediacenter MythDora]# rpm -ivh nvidia-graphics8776-1.0*.rpm
>> error: Failed dependencies:
>>          nvidia-graphics8776-kmdl-1:1.0_8776-79.fc6.at is needed by
>> nvidia-graphics8776-1.0_8776-79.fc6.at.i386
>>          nvidia-graphics8776-libs = 1:1.0_8776-79.fc6.at is needed by
>> nvidia-graphics8776-1.0_8776-79.fc6.at.i386
>> [root at mediacenter MythDora]#
>> Note that the real names of the second and third RPMs on the DVD are:
>> nvidia-graphics8776-kmdl-2.6.20-1.2944.fc6-1.0_8776-79.fc6.at.i686.rpm
>> nvidia-graphics8776-libs-1.0_8776-79.fc6.at.i386.rpm
>>
>> It's no wonder the dependencies failed, the names in
>> nvidia-graphics8776-1.0_8776-79.fc6.at.i386.rpm
>> are goofy and the real name of the kmdl rpm looks pretty strange as well.
>> Chris
>>
> Actually that's my fault. It should be rpm -ivh
> nvidia-graphics8776*.rpm. That way it will install all 3 of the 8776
> rpms. But seeing the error, it really should have installed whatever
> it needed as you are in the directory and the needed rpms are there.
> The names of the rpms aren't goofy. I actually see them named
> appropriately.
> 
Okay, that worked.  The thing that threw me was that I expected the 
directory to contain files with the exact names called out as 
dependencies.  But when I entered
# ls | grep nvidia-graphics87
the files mentioned above as real names were the only ones found.

> I have a sneaky suspicion that some problems we've been hearing about
> regarding Nvidia cards not working correctly using the 9775 and 9631
> maybe due to the fact that whenever a user wants to install these
> another lib version rpm wants to install itself. But the biggest
> problem I'm seeing is not the library issue but an installation issue
> on a bare metal install. I've brought this to Axel's attention before
> but forgot the explanation. It's a scriplet error from the install.log
> after a MythDora install.
> 
> Installing nvidia-graphics9755 - 1:1.0_9755-86.fc6.at.i386
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/lib/nvidia-graphics-helpers/nvidia-config-x.py", line 61, in ?
>     if os.access(xconfigpath, os.F_OK):
> TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found
> error: %post(nvidia-graphics9755-1.0_9755-86.fc6.at.i386) scriptlet
> failed, exit status 1
> 
> The fix is to reinstall the offending rpm which is
> nvidia-graphics9755-1.0. I have seen this problem for a really long
> time now. The odd thing is that I believe it only does this in a
> custom build environment like MythDora. If you were to manually build
> a box and install these following Jarod's instructions you won't get
> this.
> 
> Dennis
> 
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