m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:56 PM, wrote:
>>
ls -l `find /lib/modules -name nvidia.ko`
>>> How 'bout find /lib/modules -name nvidia.ko -ls?
>>> 309659070 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 48 Mar 18 09:48
>>> /lib/modules/2.6.18-164.2.1.el5/weak-updates/nvid
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:56 PM, wrote:
>
>>> ls -l `find /lib/modules -name nvidia.ko`
>>
>> How 'bout find /lib/modules -name nvidia.ko -ls?
>> 30965907 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 48 Mar 18 09:48
>> /lib/modules/2.6.18-164.2.1.el5/weak-updates/nvidia.ko ->
> It's a mess. :-
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:56 PM, wrote:
>> ls -l `find /lib/modules -name nvidia.ko`
>
> How 'bout find /lib/modules -name nvidia.ko -ls?
> 30965907 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 48 Mar 18 09:48
> /lib/modules/2.6.18-164.2.1.el5/weak-updates/nvidia.ko ->
> /lib/modules/2.6.18-164.
Akemi wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:37 PM, wrote:
>
>>> If you do not have any other dkms-dependent packages, you should
>>> remove all dkms-xxx.
>>
>> Mmmm... I was afraid to do that, not being sure what else it loads.
>> However, if I rpm -qa | grep dkms, I only see dkms itself.
>
> In th
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:37 PM, wrote:
>> If you do not have any other dkms-dependent packages, you should
>> remove all dkms-xxx.
>
> Mmmm... I was afraid to do that, not being sure what else it loads.
> However, if I rpm -qa | grep dkms, I only see dkms itself.
In that case, you can safely
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 11:13 AM, wrote:
>
>>> why dkms?
>>> use nvidia-x11-drv-173xx and kmod-nvidia-173xx from elrepo, the kmod is
>>> kabi-tracking.
>>
>> That's the one I think I'm using. Somehow, when I did my most recent
>> update, to kernel 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5, or whenever it did an X up
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 11:13 AM, wrote:
>> why dkms?
>> use nvidia-x11-drv-173xx and kmod-nvidia-173xx from elrepo, the kmod is
>> kabi-tracking.
>
> That's the one I think I'm using. Somehow, when I did my most recent
> update, to kernel 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5, or whenever it did an X update, I
>
>
>
> m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
>> Is there some way to make dkms NOT try to install/load a driver?
>>
>> mark, with an old NVidia card that is *NOT* supported
>> by anything newer than 174, and *certainly* not
>> by the "generic" xorg x11 nvidia driver
>>
>
> why dkms
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote:
> Is there some way to make dkms NOT try to install/load a driver?
>
> mark, with an old NVidia card that is *NOT* supported
> by anything newer than 174, and *certainly* not
> by the "generic" xorg x11 nvidia driver
>
why dkms?
use nvidia-
>-Original Message-
>From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On
Behalf
>Of MHR
>Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 11:18 PM
>To: CentOS mailing list
>Subject: Re: [CentOS] DKMS and new(er) Nvidia-drivers
>
>I've never seen this problem a
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 1:08 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote:
>
> Diagonal thin black lines originating from upper left corner for starters.
> Then if I open a gui, whatever sort, that window gets those lines too. Menus
> are unreadable because of this, but slightly more readable if I move the
> mouse pointe
>-Original Message-
>From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On
Behalf
>Of JohnS
>Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 5:52 PM
>To: CentOS mailing list
>Subject: Re: [CentOS] DKMS and new(er) Nvidia-drivers
>
>No none of that is hardware issue
On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 10:08 +0200, Sorin Srbu wrote:
> >-Original Message-
> >From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On
> Behalf
> >Of Michael A. Peters
> >Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 5:57 PM
> >To: CentOS mailing list
> &g
>-Original Message-
>From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On
Behalf
>Of Alfred von Campe
>Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 7:51 PM
>To: CentOS mailing list
>Subject: Re: [CentOS] DKMS and new(er) Nvidia-drivers
>
>FWIW, I don't use D
>-Original Message-
>From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On
Behalf
>Of Michael A. Peters
>Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 5:57 PM
>To: CentOS mailing list
>Subject: Re: [CentOS] DKMS and new(er) Nvidia-drivers
>
>> Strangely enough,
FWIW, I don't use DKMS but this homegrown script instead. I put
whatever version of the driver I want to deploy (currently NVIDIA-
Linux-x86-180.44-pkg1.run) in a network accessible location and
create a link named NVIDIA-Linux-x86-latest to it. The script then
handles the rest.
Alfred
Sorin Srbu wrote:
>> -Original Message-
>> From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf
>> Of Scott Silva
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 8:19 PM
>> To: centos@centos.org
>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] DKMS and new(er) Nvid
>-Original Message-
>From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On
Behalf
>Of Akemi Yagi
>Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 8:44 PM
>To: CentOS mailing list
>Subject: Re: [CentOS] DKMS and new(er) Nvidia-drivers
>
>>> My question is who
>-Original Message-
>From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf
>Of Scott Silva
>Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 8:19 PM
>To: centos@centos.org
>Subject: Re: [CentOS] DKMS and new(er) Nvidia-drivers
>
>on 4-6-2009 5:55 AM Sorin
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Scott Silva wrote:
> on 4-6-2009 5:55 AM Sorin Srbu spake the following:
>> My question is who updates those drivers, as the v173.08 Nvidia drivers are
>> now almost a year old? Would there be any other good repo with more current
>> drivers suitable for use with
on 4-6-2009 5:55 AM Sorin Srbu spake the following:
> I got the DKMS-system working and now have the Nvidia-drivers v173.08
> installed (using rpmforge as suggested previously). Unfortunately this
> particular driver version gives me screen artifacts so as to make the screen
> more or less unrea
It was a Bounced message.
John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Kai Schaetzl
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 2:31 PM
To: centos@centos.org
Subject: Re: [CentOS] DKMS
Kai Schaetzl wrote on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:31:14 +0200:
> John wrote
Akemi Yagi wrote:
On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Ned Slider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It's easy
to forget there is now a whole generation of computer users who have known
nothing but the GUI and completely missed out on DOS or CP/M, and never
owned a Spectrum/Commodore/BBC Micro etc.
Wow,
On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Ned Slider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's easy
> to forget there is now a whole generation of computer users who have known
> nothing but the GUI and completely missed out on DOS or CP/M, and never
> owned a Spectrum/Commodore/BBC Micro etc.
Wow, Ned, I never t
Kai Schaetzl wrote on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:31:14 +0200:
> John wrote on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:52:03 -0400:
Hm, just to clarify, I don't know where this message came from, I wrote it
weeks ago. It must have been on hold and accidently released much too
late. Obviously, it doesn't make sense to add
Robert Becker Cope wrote:
Kai Schaetzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
CentOS is *not* for users new to Linux or Unix-like operatings
systems. It isn't. Full stop.
Hopefully what you mean is that it isn't designed specifically for users that
are new to Linux. It is a perfectly fine distribution fo
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Robert Becker Cope
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 8:51 AM
To: centos@centos.org
Subject: RE: [CentOS] DKMS
Kai Schaetzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> CentOS is *not* for users new to Linux or
Kai Schaetzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> CentOS is *not* for users new to Linux or Unix-like operatings
> systems. It isn't. Full stop.
Hopefully what you mean is that it isn't designed specifically for users that
are new to Linux. It is a perfectly fine distribution for those wanting to
learn
John wrote on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:52:03 -0400:
> But 75% don't know how to. All they know is they downloaded the cds.
> Took them a week to figure out how to make a bootable install disk. Then
> finally 24 hours to install the OS. Six hours to get on the Internet.
> Another 5 hours to setup email.
On Saturday 05 April 2008 22:13, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Saturday 05 April 2008 20:02:08 Alan Bartlett wrote:
> > (3) The CentOS-docs list. Anne, the last item I received was dated April
> > 3rd.
>
> In the morning I'll go to the member prefs page and see if I can see what's
> wrong. Thanks
>
Noth
On Saturday 05 April 2008 20:02:08 Alan Bartlett wrote:
> (3) The CentOS-docs list. Anne, the last item I received was dated April
> 3rd.
In the morning I'll go to the member prefs page and see if I can see what's
wrong. Thanks
Anne
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On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 15:12 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> John wrote:
> > >> One things GUIs can do is present a bunch of pre-set defaults or pick up
> >> the current settings so you only have to change a few particular items,
> >> and they can check the ranges and syntax of the entries before try
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 14:54 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Alan Bartlett wrote:
> >
> > (2) We must not loose sight of what CentOS basically is. CentOS == RHEL less
> > RH. A stable, server orientated OS. On the fora, we often see evidence that
> > CentOS is believed to be similar to *other* distros
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 14:54 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Alan Bartlett wrote:
> >
> > (2) We must not loose sight of what CentOS basically is. CentOS == RHEL less
> > RH. A stable, server orientated OS. On the fora, we often see evidence that
> > CentOS is believed to be similar to *other* distros
John wrote:
>> One things GUIs can do is present a bunch of pre-set defaults or pick up
the current settings so you only have to change a few particular items,
and they can check the ranges and syntax of the entries before trying to
apply them. Webmin does a fair job on this considering the wi
Alan Bartlett wrote:
(2) We must not loose sight of what CentOS basically is. CentOS == RHEL less
RH. A stable, server orientated OS. On the fora, we often see evidence that
CentOS is believed to be similar to *other* distros (that are more suitable
for laptops & "home" use) and that it, CentOS,
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 20:02 +0100, Alan Bartlett wrote:
> On 05/04/2008, Les Mikesell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On the command line, if you saved the commands - or got them
> from an instructional listing in the first place, you just
> paste the same set of commands into
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 13:25 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> John wrote:
> >
> >>> Idea: A separate Wiki for the new users. Don't have links on it pointing
> >>> external sites of how tos. Just have all the basic how tos; Burning the
> >>> centos cdrom in windows with a open source tool like Infra Vie
On 05/04/2008, Les Mikesell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On the command line, if you saved the commands - or got them from an
> instructional listing in the first place, you just paste the same set of
> commands into a terminal window.
Three comments from me:
(1) Regarding what Les wrote (abov
On Saturday 05 April 2008 19:47:43 John wrote:
> > Now there's a point. I subscribed at the beginning of March and haven't
> > received anything from them since 3rd March. I'd better try to find out
> > why.
> >
> > Anne
>
> Anne you have to make an account on the Wiki then subcribe to the Docs
>
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 19:17 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Saturday 05 April 2008 18:18:47 John wrote:
> > > Ned, do I hear someone volunteering to write a new Wiki section? (I
> > > don't think a *separate* Wiki for the new users, be they M$ Windoze
> > > departees or not, is a good idea.) Perhaps
John wrote:
Idea: A separate Wiki for the new users. Don't have links on it pointing
external sites of how tos. Just have all the basic how tos; Burning the
centos cdrom in windows with a open source tool like Infra View, Nero,
or Easy CD Creator. Using the network GUI Config Tool for Dial Up A
On Saturday 05 April 2008 18:18:47 John wrote:
> > Ned, do I hear someone volunteering to write a new Wiki section? (I
> > don't think a *separate* Wiki for the new users, be they M$ Windoze
> > departees or not, is a good idea.) Perhaps this discussion should be
> > continued on the CentOS-docs li
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 12:35 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> John wrote:
> >>
> > Idea: A separate Wiki for the new users. Don't have links on it pointing
> > external sites of how tos. Just have all the basic how tos; Burning the
> > centos cdrom in windows with a open source tool like Infra View, Ne
John wrote:
The catch here is feeding the new user little by little. Ease them into
it and they will never know it
I am not saying turn CentOS into a Windows Clone. Yes, I agree educating
the user to the linux way of doing things
Some good feedback John.
I'm thinking the choice of distro i
John wrote:
Idea: A separate Wiki for the new users. Don't have links on it pointing
external sites of how tos. Just have all the basic how tos; Burning the
centos cdrom in windows with a open source tool like Infra View, Nero,
or Easy CD Creator. Using the network GUI Config Tool for Dial Up A
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 18:01 +0100, Alan Bartlett wrote:
> On 05/04/2008, Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I understand why you want screenshots - in the early days
> there are language
> problems :-)
>
> As Anne says, above, "A picture is worth a thousand words." I
On 05/04/2008, Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I understand why you want screenshots - in the early days there are
> language
> problems :-)
As Anne says, above, "A picture is worth a thousand words." I agree.
John wrote:
> I knew of the Dell article, as I have all of those saved for
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 17:10 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Saturday 05 April 2008 15:58, John wrote:
> > [1] I was just wondering if you knew of any that were for someone knew
> > to Linux. You know the Microsoft type tutorials that have screenshot
> > with them. That's the question I get asked a l
On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 16:49 +0100, Ned Slider wrote:
>
> John wrote:
> > Alan,
> > I knew of the Dell article, as I have all of those saved for reference.
> > [1] I was just wondering if you knew of any that were for someone knew
> > to Linux. You know the Microsoft type tutorials that have scree
On Saturday 05 April 2008 15:58, John wrote:
> [1] I was just wondering if you knew of any that were for someone knew
> to Linux. You know the Microsoft type tutorials that have screenshot
> with them. That's the question I get asked a lot of times from around my
> home area.
On any subject you ch
John wrote:
Alan,
I knew of the Dell article, as I have all of those saved for reference.
[1] I was just wondering if you knew of any that were for someone knew
to Linux. You know the Microsoft type tutorials that have screenshot
with them. That's the question I get asked a lot of times from a
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