Re: new nvidia long term 346.35

NullDev <[email protected]> Wed, 28 Jan 2015 07:49:08 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.rpm.atrpms.general
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Stephen Collier wrote:
> 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
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As always, thank you for your work on these drivers!