igotnoluck Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Hi, i have a little problem with my 2008. my nvidia card (FX5500) needs the 100 version so i've installed it but since then when i try to update my packages i get the list and in the list there is no nvidia update but still when i push the update button i get an nvidia update. how do i tell urpmi or package update not to update the nvidia ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Did you install it using the proprietary nvidia installer, or RPM's from the non-free repo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Edit you /etc/urpmi/skip.list # Here you can specify the packages that won't be upgraded automatically # for example, to exclude all apache packages : # /^apache/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 According to Nvidia, the new driver (169) works with your card. Why do you think you need to stay with an older driver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igotnoluck Posted January 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Did you install it using the proprietary nvidia installer, or RPM's from the non-free repo? i've installed it through the dkms-current According to Nvidia, the new driver (169) works with your card. Why do you think you need to stay with an older driver? when i install this one i get no Xserver :( just finished to fix the problem a week ago, the problem was the version i'll try the skip list, but what do i write there ? the package name? or the package files ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 i'll try the skip list, but what do i write there ? the package name? or the package files ? # Here you can specify the packages that won't be upgraded automatically # for example, to exclude all apache packages : # /^apache/ /^nvidia/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 the problem is a bug in xfdrake, not the driver. To work around the bug install the 100 version properly, check that is working (by restarting the x server or rebooting), uninstall everything nvidia related (especially the precompiled nvidia kernel package), now install the latest nvidia and nvidia dkms package (and your kernel's devel package), restart and know you should have the latest nvidia working http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=36420 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Ummm, ok, but what's the point of using DKMS then? It's certainly not aimed at uninstalling everything before upgrading! :lol: IMO this needs to be fixed ASAP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igotnoluck Posted January 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 # Here you can specify the packages that won't be upgraded automatically # for example, to exclude all apache packages : # /^apache/ /^nvidia/ thanks, i've looked up iun google and saw it was regular expressions, so i've managed :) the problem is a bug in xfdrake, not the driver. To work around the bug install the 100 version properly, check that is working (by restarting the x server or rebooting), uninstall everything nvidia related (especially the precompiled nvidia kernel package), now install the latest nvidia and nvidia dkms package (and your kernel's devel package), restart and know you should have the latest nvidia working http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=36420 i think for now i will stay with the 100 version with the dkms and try to fix it in a week or so, thanks :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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