xorg yum update uninstalls dell-nvidia rpm

John_Hull at Dell.com John_Hull at Dell.com
Wed Jan 17 08:56:59 CST 2007


Tony is correct. xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL and the dell-nvidia RPM provide
several of the same files, so installing one will cause the other to get
uninstalled via up2date. If you run NVIDIA's installer, then upgrade
xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL, the NVIDIA files get overwritten, and X will
usually cease to work. 

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-precision-bounces at dell.com
[mailto:linux-precision-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Tony Schreiner
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 6:53 PM
To: linux-precision-Lists
Subject: Re: xorg yum update uninstalls dell-nvidia rpm

ronnie at maths.strath.ac.uk wrote:
> Model: Dell Precision Wkstn 690
> OS: Scientific Linux 4.4 (RHEL 4.4 clone)
> 
> Does anyone know of a reason as to why any patch to xorg results in 
> the dell-nvidia rpm being erased on my two PW690s ?
> It's happenned on the last two released updates to the xorg packages.
> It doesn't happen on our i686 workstation or opteron based x86_64 ones

> using the dell-nvidia rpm.
> 
> Yum transaction included below.
> 
> cheers,
> Ronnie
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: root at localhost.localdomain
> To: root at localhost.localdomain
> Date: 11 Jan 2007 05:56:55 -0000
> Subject: YUM:localhost.localdomain:2007-01-11
> 
>   --------------------
>   YUM - errata
>   --------------------
> 
> -------- Uninstall Beginning --------
> Module:  nvidia
> Version: 1.0-8765
> Kernel:  2.6.9-42.0.3.EL (x86_64)
> -------------------------------------
> 
> Status: Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this
kernel.
> 
> nvidia.ko:
>   - Uninstallation
>     - Deleting from:
/lib/modules/2.6.9-42.0.3.EL/kernel/drivers/video/
>   - Original module
>     - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
>     - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module
version.
> 
> DKMS: uninstall Completed.
> 
> -------- Uninstall Beginning --------
> Module:  nvidia
> Version: 1.0-8765
> Kernel:  2.6.9-42.0.3.ELsmp (x86_64)
> -------------------------------------
> 
> Status: Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this
kernel.
> 
> nvidia.ko:
>   - Uninstallation
>     - Deleting from:
/lib/modules/2.6.9-42.0.3.ELsmp/kernel/drivers/video/
>   - Original module
>     - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
>     - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module
version.
> 
> /etc/modprobe.conf: removed 'alias char-major-195 nvidia'
> 
> DKMS: uninstall Completed.
> 
> ------------------------------
> Deleting module version: 1.0-8765
> completely from the DKMS tree.
> ------------------------------
> Done.
> 
>
========================================================================
=====
>   Package                 Arch       Version          Repository
Size
> ======================================================================
> =======
> Updating:
>   xorg-x11                x86_64     6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5  sl-errata
13 M
>   xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL     i386       6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5  sl-errata
379 k
>   xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL     x86_64     6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5  sl-errata
435 k
>   xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU    x86_64     6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5  sl-errata
454 k
>   xorg-x11-deprecated-libs  x86_64     6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5  sl-errata
269 k
>   xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel  x86_64     6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5
sl-errata         277 k
>   xorg-x11-devel          x86_64     6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5  sl-errata
5.5 M
>   xorg-x11-font-utils     x86_64     6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5  sl-errata
305 k
>   xorg-x11-libs           i386       6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5  sl-errata
2.7 M
>   xorg-x11-libs           x86_64     6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5  sl-errata
2.9 M
>   xorg-x11-tools          x86_64     6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5  sl-errata
545 k
>   xorg-x11-twm            x86_64     6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5  sl-errata
352 k
>   xorg-x11-xauth          x86_64     6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5  sl-errata
282 k
>   xorg-x11-xdm            x86_64     6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5  sl-errata
354 k
>   xorg-x11-xfs            x86_64     6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5  sl-errata
324 k
> 
> Transaction Summary
>
========================================================================
=====
> Install      0 Package(s)
> Update      15 Package(s)
> Remove       0 Package(s)
> Total download size: 28 M
> 
> Updated: xorg-x11.x86_64 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL.i386

> 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL.x86_64 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 
> xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU.x86_64 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 
> xorg-x11-deprecated-libs.x86_64 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 
> xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel.x86_64 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 
> xorg-x11-devel.x86_64 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 xorg-x11-font-utils.x86_64 
> 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 xorg-x11-libs.i386 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 
> xorg-x11-libs.x86_64 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 xorg-x11-tools.x86_64 
> 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 xorg-x11-twm.x86_64 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 
> xorg-x11-xauth.x86_64 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 xorg-x11-xdm.x86_64 
> 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 xorg-x11-xfs.x86_64 0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5
> 
> 
> ---------------
> Yum.log extract:-
> ---------------
> Jan 11 05:56:13 Updated: xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel.x86_64 
> 6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 Jan 11 05:56:23 Updated: xorg-x11-libs.x86_64 
> 6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 Jan 11 05:56:24 Updated: xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL.x86_64

> 6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 Jan 11 05:56:24 Updated: xorg-x11-font-utils.x86_64

> 6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 Jan 11 05:56:25 Updated: xorg-x11-libs.i386 
> 6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 Jan 11 05:56:26 Updated: 
> xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU.x86_64 6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 Jan 11 05:56:26 
> Updated: xorg-x11-xauth.x86_64 6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 Jan 11 05:56:26 
> Updated: xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL.i386 6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 Jan 11 05:56:27 
> Updated: xorg-x11-xfs.x86_64 6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 Jan 11 05:56:32 
> Updated: xorg-x11.x86_64 6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 Jan 11 05:56:32 Updated: 
> xorg-x11-deprecated-libs.x86_64 6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 Jan 11 05:56:37 
> Updated: xorg-x11-devel.x86_64 6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 Jan 11 05:56:38 
> Updated: xorg-x11-tools.x86_64 6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 Jan 11 05:56:39 
> Updated: xorg-x11-xdm.x86_64 6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 Jan 11 05:56:39 
> Updated: xorg-x11-twm.x86_64 6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5 Jan 11 05:56:51 
> Erased: dell-nvidia
> 

By experience, installing xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL will result in the removal
of dell-nvidia, and vice versa.

Tony

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