can't install nvidia driver on Fedora 15

bilibili · #1 20th May 2011, 11:55 AM

I have been using Fedora 15 for 2 days.The default GPU driver,which is xorg-x11-drv-nouveau.i686 works with my GPU Nvidia Geforce 7300LE.But sometimes the Gnome 3 desktop gets frozen,so is my keyboard,but the mouse is ok.

Now I want to install the driver nvidia-173xxx which worked well on my Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

I refered to http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=204752 and when I run the command

Code:

sudo yum install akmod-nvidia  xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686

it says

Code:

Error: Package: glibc-devel-2.13.90-9.i686 (fedora)
           Requires: glibc = 2.13.90-9
           Installed: glibc-2.13.90-13.i686 (@updates-testing)
               glibc = 2.13.90-13
           Available: glibc-2.13.90-9.i686 (fedora)
               glibc = 2.13.90-9
Error: Package: glibc-headers-2.13.90-9.i686 (fedora)
           Requires: glibc = 2.13.90-9
           Installed: glibc-2.13.90-13.i686 (@updates-testing)
               glibc = 2.13.90-13
           Available: glibc-2.13.90-9.i686 (fedora)
               glibc = 2.13.90-9
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
 You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

what should I do?

***bob*** · #2 20th May 2011, 01:16 PM

moved to F15 Development

Smoking Tux · #3 20th May 2011, 01:34 PM

I think it's because 'updates-testing' repo was deactivated by any of the last updates, try:

Code:

# yum install akmod-nvidia  xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 --enablerepo=updates-testing

bilibili · #4 20th May 2011, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smoking Tux

I think it's because 'updates-testing' repo was deactivated by any of the last updates, try:

Code:

# yum install akmod-nvidia  xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686 --enablerepo=updates-testing

thx,now I guess I know what the reason is,but still confused about the .repo files.As a desktop user(I mean that I hate fixing my OS),which should I disable and which enable?Here are my repos

Code:

adobe-linux-i386.repo   
fedora-updates-testing.repo  
 rpmfusion-free-updates-testing.repo   
fedora-163.repo          
google-chrome.repo             
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates.repo
fedora-rawhide.repo      
rpmfusion-free-rawhide.repo   
rpmfusion-nonfree-rawhide.repo        
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing.repo
fedora.repo              
fedora-updates-163.repo  
rpmfusion-free.repo           
fedora-updates.repo      
rpmfusion-free-updates.repo   
rpmfusion-nonfree.repo

BTW,would u please explain the yum.conf options for me?

Code:

cachedir=/var/cache/yum/$basearch/$releasever
keepcache=0
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
plugins=1
installonly_limit=3

Smoking Tux · #5 20th May 2011, 04:40 PM

I guess there is a good reason why updates-testing was deactivated, so you shouldn't activate it yourself (unless it's really necessary like in your original problem, and then for no more than for this one).

Quote:

BTW,would u please explain the yum.conf options for me?

Couldn't better explain as:

Code:

$ man yum.conf

bilibili · #6 20th May 2011, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smoking Tux

I guess there is a good reason why updates-testing was deactivated, so you shouldn't activate it yourself (unless it's really necessary like in your original problem, and then for no more than for this one).

Couldn't better explain as:

Code:

$ man yum.conf

well,I reinstalled it.As Fedora 15 now is still in RC,while I reinstalled a beta edition,please tell me what to do with the repos(I have added the rpmfusion repos) so that I can finally update to a stable Fedora 15.I don't like softwares in development,but beta ones are welcome.I mean I want a stable Fedora 15 OS with some beta desktop applications.Just like in my Ubuntu 10.04 LTS,the system was stable,but I sometimes tried applications in beta.

I am still confused about the repos:fedora,update,updaet-testing,rawhide.help~~~

**AdamW** · #7 20th May 2011, 11:20 PM

When someone submits an update for Fedora, it goes to the updates-testing repository immediately. We have a system called Bodhi which tracks updates and allows testers to file feedback on them. Updates need to get a certain level of positive feedback (the level varies depending on a few factors) before they can go into the updates repository.

So the idea is that only updates that have been tested and, hopefully, work okay will get into the updates repository.

We recommend all users enable the updates repository and install updates from it regularly, so it's enabled by default. We don't enable the updates-testing repository by default as that wouldn't be appropriate. Instead we ask people who want to help out with testing and are confident they can solve any problems that might be caused by problematic updates to enable it and provide feedback on the updates they get from it: see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Updates_Testing for more details. We also have a system where, when an update is marked as fixing a specific bug, a comment will be posted to that bug report asking people suffering from it to test out the update when it hits updates-testing.

At pre-release time we enable updates-testing by default because anyone who installs a pre-release by definition ought to be interested in testing, so we want as much help as we can with testing out updates as soon as they land.

So just before a release moves from pre-release to stable state, we push out an update which switches over from having updates-testing enabled by default to having it disabled by default.

Rawhide is for the development of future versions of Fedora and you should generally never enable it.

bilibili · #8 21st May 2011, 05:28 AM

wow,thank you so much for the explanation !Now I know exactly what I should do!

ursusca · #9 21st May 2011, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bilibili

I have been using Fedora 15 for 2 days.The default GPU driver,which is xorg-x11-drv-nouveau.i686 works with my GPU Nvidia Geforce 7300LE.But sometimes the Gnome 3 desktop gets frozen,so is my keyboard,but the mouse is ok.

Now I want to install the driver nvidia-173xxx which worked well on my Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

I refered to http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=204752 and when I run the command

Code:

sudo yum install akmod-nvidia  xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs.i686

it says

Code:

Error: Package: glibc-devel-2.13.90-9.i686 (fedora)
           Requires: glibc = 2.13.90-9
           Installed: glibc-2.13.90-13.i686 (@updates-testing)
               glibc = 2.13.90-13
           Available: glibc-2.13.90-9.i686 (fedora)
               glibc = 2.13.90-9
Error: Package: glibc-headers-2.13.90-9.i686 (fedora)
           Requires: glibc = 2.13.90-9
           Installed: glibc-2.13.90-13.i686 (@updates-testing)
               glibc = 2.13.90-13
           Available: glibc-2.13.90-9.i686 (fedora)
               glibc = 2.13.90-9
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
 You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

what should I do?

Hey,

Code:

yum distro-sync

- has worked for me

bilibili · #10 22nd May 2011, 11:16 AM

Thx,I have reinstalled it,but the Nvidia driver kept freezing my gnome3.Now I am using nouveau,though no good as 173.xx on my Ububutu 10.04 LTS,but my fedora haven't crashed so far.