Re: rpmfusion policy regarding legacy nvidia driver updates

[Sérgio Basto via rpmfusion-users]

https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6904 

On Mon, 2024-04-15 at 09:34 +0000, alexprengere--- via rpmfusion-users
wrote:
> I am hitting the exact issue described at [1], meaning installing the
> nvidia legacy drivers from rpmfusion (470.223) fail to compile on
> Linux 6.7/6.8+.
> 
> AFAICT, two unrelated things solve the issue:
> * use a newer release of the nvidia driver (470.239), either directly
> from the nvidia site, or waiting for an update on rpmfusion
> * wait for a fix on the kernel (discussion of such patch at [2])
> 
> If I am not mistaken, [3] is the equivalent issue for Ubuntu.
> 
> My question is: what is the policy regarding rpmfusion and nvidia
> legacy driver updates? I think the simplest fix for users
> encountering such issue would be for rpmfusion to be updated
> (installing the latest release from nvidia website is much more
> involved). Should users ask for an update, or is this handled
> automatically?
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> [1]
> https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/470-223-02-akmod-fails-to-build-driver-after-kernel-update-to-6-8-4-fedora-39/288745
> [2] http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=3205
> [3]
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-470/+bug/2052420
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