Nvidia Videocard Setup In Fedora Linux

[Firewing1]

Hi iamvoyager,

I've seen this problem before but unfortunately I have no idea what triggers it and it seems to be very hard to avoid (as you saw, even removing the file still results in the error).

I think I know which lines in the akmods script the problem is coming from though... If you edit /usr/sbin/akmods as root, you'll find this command on a lines 261, 282 and 290:

cp -l "${kmodlogfile}" "/var/cache/akmods/${this_kmodname}/${this_kmodverrel}-for-${this_kernelver}.failed.log"

If you add the "-f" switch to all instances of that command, like this:

cp -fl "${kmodlogfile}" "/var/cache/akmods/${this_kmodname}/${this_kmodverrel}-for-${this_kernelver}.failed.log"

And then re-run akmods, does it solve the problem?
Firewing1

[DennyCrane]

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[Hlingler]

Originally Posted by iamvoyager

Hlingler -- I'd like to try switching to use DKMS, but I'm not exactly sure how. I am a little confused regarding whether I would have to add the FreshRPMs repo? Or is the relevant stuff in RPMFusion now? I already have the dkms package installed, what else do I need/to do?

> Remove all Livna NVidia-related RPM packages: yum remove livna-config-display \*nvidia\*
> Install the FreshRPMs release: rpm -ivh http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrp....fc.noarch.rpm
> Install the driver (and if not already done: kernel-devel and kernel-headers): yum install nvidia-x11-drv

Be aware that since RPMFusion is Livna+FreshRPMs, THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER UPDATES TO THIS RPM. For example: new version 177.80 is not available, but hey: you want a functional driver, right... ?

V

[DennyCrane]

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[Hlingler]

No, it will not (apparently), and that does not make me at all happy. I much prefer the DKMS system to the akmods.

In that case: I'm afraid you'll have to wait until Firewing1 and the crew at RPMFusion fix the problem.

V

[DennyCrane]

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[Dubious Dave]

Bump.

Any ETA on fixing this?

[Firewing1]

Originally Posted by iamvoyager

Is there anything else I can do to try isolating the problem? Does your suggestion work for most people, or was this the first time you tried it?

Although I've seen this before, it's the first time that I try the modification. I'm going to try to play around on my home box... Can you please attach or pastebin the contents of "akmods-filelist.txt" in your home after running this command:

find /var/cache/akmods/nvidia/ > ~/akmods-filelist.txt

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Dubious Dave

Bump.

Any ETA on fixing this?

I'll have to take a look later tonight, I'd imagine the patch required would be similar to the ones we have in place now for the 177.82 driver.
Firewing1

[DennyCrane]

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[Firewing1]

I found the cause of the problem - the "file exists" error isn't why the kmods are failing to build, but at least the logfiles will be regenerated correctly. See http://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=340 for more info.

Have you tried using akmods with the newer drivers? The current driver should be compatible with 2.6.27 and 2.6.28 if I recall correctly.
Firewing1

[DennyCrane]

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