Re: Old nvidia packages do not compile on kernel 3.6.1

Paulo Cavalcanti <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:33:53 -0300
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.rpm.atrpms.devel
Message-ID <CAMgUmnkHhv79h8MP92MyG+CGy5bgMKUrx5RhgBYJ+TNCh=SCUg@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Paulo Cavalcanti <[email protected]> wrote:

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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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The packages are available here for F17:

http://orion.lcg.ufrj.br/RPMS/myrpms-f17-x86_64/nvidia/nvidia-graphics304.51/


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Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
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