Re: Old nvidia packages do not compile on kernel 3.6.1

Paulo Cavalcanti <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:17:26 -0300
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.rpm.atrpms.devel
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On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Paulo Cavalcanti <[email protected]> wrote:

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> I was only able to compile the latest nvidia blob with kernel 3.6.1:
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> http://people.atrpms.net/~pcavalcanti/srpms/nvidia-graphics304.51-304.51-148.fc17.src.rpm
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> I had to make some small changes in the spec file, at least to build on my
> system.
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Let me explain this issue better.
In my case, the nvidia-settings-304.51.desktop was not being installed.
I had to force the installation and fix the paths in the desktop file (I
have just uploaded
a fixed version of the .src.rpm).

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Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
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