Re: new nvidia long term 346.35

Stephen Collier <[email protected]> Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:27:00 +1100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.rpm.atrpms.general
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On 23/01/2015 5:36 AM, Stephen Collier wrote:
> On 22/01/2015 12:43 am, NullDev wrote:
>> Duncan Brown wrote:
>>> On 21/01/2015 12:56, NullDev wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Stephen Collier <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>> Wednesday, January 21, 2015 1:40 AM
>>>>> I'm looking at 346.35 at the moment as it has some issues with el6
>>>>> requiring gtk3. I should have some resolution over the next day.
>>>>>
>>>>> the linking problems should be fixed by running 
>>>>> nvidia-graphics-switch
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Stephen
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>>>>> mo.ucina <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>> Monday, January 19, 2015 10:17 PM
>>>>> Hello Guys,
>>>>>
>>>>> I just loaded nvidia-graphics346.35-346.35-172.el7.x86_64 and can not
>>>>> boot into graphic mode at all . There may be some other things in
>>>>> there as well . I am going to fall back to 169 .
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Milorad
>>>>>
>>>>> On 20/01/15 09:41, Stephen Collier wrote:
>>>>>
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>>>>> Stephen Collier <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>> Monday, January 19, 2015 5:41 PM
>>>>> Thanks I'll make the changes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Stephen
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my Samsung GALAXY S4 on the Telstra 4G network
>>>>>
>>>>> <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: NullDev
>>>>> <[email protected]> </div><div>Date:20/01/2015 8:26 AM (GMT+10:00)
>>>>> </div><div>To: "User discussion about ATrpms.net"
>>>>> <[email protected]> </div><div>Subject: Re: [ATrpms-users] new
>>>>> nvidia long term 346.35 </div><div>
>>>>> </div>I had similar issues.  I ended up creating 2 symlinks and the
>>>>> problem went away:
>>>>>
>>>>> /usr/lib64/vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.so.1 ->
>>>>> ../nvidia-graphics-343.36/vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.so.1
>>>>>
>>>>> and
>>>>>
>>>>> /usr/lib64/vdpau/libvdpau_nvidia.so -> libvdpau_nvidia.so.1
>>>>> Derek Burt Monday, January 19, 2015 4:03 PM
>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>> Milorad,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm running 171 release on el6 x86_64 and f19 i386 which seem OK. 
>>>>> There
>>>>> may be something different as they are created in a completely 
>>>>> different
>>>>> way due to the creation on a vm now. I'll have a look and see if I 
>>>>> can
>>>>> find any more differences between 169 and 171.
>>>>>
>>>>> On the 365 front it should be built automatically - I'll check the
>>>>> script.
>>>>>
>>>>> I had issues with vpdau on the latest packages (.65) on el7 x86_64.
>>>>> I had to move the files for vdpau around to match what was in the .58
>>>>> packages and move some symlinks to get everything working again.  My
>>>>> apologies but I didn't document exactly what the issue was, was just
>>>>> trying to get the frontend running again and didn't take good notes
>>>>> :(  Sufficed to say, some of the vdpau related files had changed
>>>>> locations, etc.  Other than vdpau, everything seems to be running
>>>>> okay now.
>>>>>
>>>>> Derek
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>>>>
>>>> For whatever reason, "nvidia-graphics-switch" works on my centos6 box,
>>>> but fails on my centos7 box with the following error. Perhaps it is
>>>> related?
>>>>
>>>> # nvidia-graphics-switch 343.36
>>>>
>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>   File "/usr/lib64/nvidia-graphics-helpers/nvidia-config-x.py", line
>>>> 6, in <module>
>>>>     import xf86config
>>>> ImportError: No module named xf86config
>>>>
>>>> I've looked and either I'm blind (highly likely) or that module isn't
>>>> available for centos7.
>>>>
>>> This error has been around for ages:
>>>
>>> http://lists.atrpms.net/pipermail/atrpms-users/2013-June/013739.html
>>>
>>> It would be nice to get it sorted, I have no idea how but I have great
>>> faith in Stephen :)
>>>
>>> Dunc
>>
>> I've only recently (as in the last month or so) started getting this 
>> error on this box.  I'm fairly religious about updating and have run 
>> nvidia-graphics-switch on the centos7 box successfully in the past. 
>> Perhaps it was fixed but was broken again?
>>
>> I'd be more than happy to provide log info if that would be helpful.
>>
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> xf86config has not been available since f19 I think from memory. It is 
> not strictly required but nvidia-graphics-switch provides some 
> important linking. I'll fix it put it the repo. I won't be able to do 
> it until sometime next week.
>
> Cheers
> Stephen
>
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The build system is now fixed for links and is now building. I've added 
nvidia-graphics-legacy-340 for cards that are not supported by 346 
drivers. 346 drivers do not support el6 until I overcome a dependency. 
nvidia-graphics-switch will be fixed in a later release.

Cheers
Stephen