On 9 Oct 2002, Bret Hughes wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 17:01, Sam Ockman wrote:
>
> >
> > -Uvh will default back to -i behavior if it's not already installed,
> > so it will work fine...and if you don't realize you already have it
> > installed it will even upgrade it for you.
>
> Yeah that was the point I was trying to make as far as the upgrade deal
> goes. I usually iNSTALL kernelrpms so I have a fall back. If every
> thing works I can go back and rpm -eRASE the old ones.
Right. You don't want to rpm -U a kernel because it *will* update. The
relevant options are -i ("install no matter what"--good for kernels, bad
for most other stuff), -U ("update if installed, install otherwise"--bad
for kernels, good if you know you want to install a package not already
installed), and -F ("freshen--update if installed, no action if not", good
if you have a bunch of RPMs and you only want to update the ones you
already have installed, e.g., "rpm -F *.rpm").
> But then, I have no idea if the nvidia rpms are the entire kernel or not
> so I guess I am really talking out of an orfice that is not nomally used
> for speaking. At least not in polite company :)
The NVIDIA_kernel RPM contains a kernel *module*, not the entire kernel.
It must be installed in the right place for the running kernel, which is
why there are different versions for different distros and kernel revs.
Of course, you want the one appropriate for your processor, too.
The prebuilt RPM for your distro, kernel rev, and processor will install
("rpm -ivh" if you don't already have one; best to "rpm -e" the old ones
first if you do) and run with no problem. If you don't find a prebuilt
one with the right parameters, grab the SRC RPMs and rebuild them (while
running the kernel you intend to use). Unfortunately, you can't have
multiple NVIDIA driver RPMs if you have multiple kernels.
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Matthew Saltzman
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