<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Thank you again. I hope you truly understand how much we appreciate all the time you put into this.<br><br><hr id="zwchr"><b>From: </b>"Fernando Lopez-Lezcano" <nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU><br><b>To: </b>planetccrma@ccrma.Stanford.EDU<br><b>Cc: </b>"Bob Wilkinson" <wilkinson.bob@comcast.net><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, October 25, 2011 8:35:21 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [PlanetCCRMA] CCRMA Video Issue<br><br>On 10/25/2011 03:39 PM, Bob Wilkinson wrote:<br>> I attempted to install the CCRMA akmod package. With the RPMFusion<br>> repository active, I could not see the ccrma-testing version. So, I<br>> disabled RPMFusion. Then I was able to see the ccrma-testing version,<br>> and tried to install. I got the following error:<br>><br>> 18:32:36 : ERROR: Dependency resolving completed with errors<br>> 18:32:36 : ERROR: Package:<br>> 1:xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-275.09.07-1.fc14.ccrma.x86_64 (planetcore-testing)<br>> Requires: nvidia-settings<br>> 18:32:36 : ERROR: Package:<br>> 1:akmod-nvidia-275.09.07-1.fc14.ccrma.2.x86_64 (planetcore-testing)<br>> Requires: akmods<br>> 18:32:36 : ERROR: Package:<br>> 1:xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-275.09.07-1.fc14.ccrma.x86_64 (planetcore-testing)<br>> Requires: nvidia-xconfig<br><br>Hmmm, you need the rpmfusion repos. I'll have to look at this tomorrow, <br>maybe there is a newer version that was release in rpmfusion and I have <br>to update the one in planetcore-testing. Sorry, it is hard to keep <br>up.... :-(<br><br>-- Fernando<br><br><br>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> *From: *"Fernando Lopez-Lezcano" <nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU><br>> *To: *planetccrma@ccrma.Stanford.EDU<br>> *Sent: *Tuesday, October 25, 2011 2:06:03 PM<br>> *Subject: *Re: [PlanetCCRMA] CCRMA Video Issue<br>><br>> On 10/25/2011 10:09 AM, Bob Wilkinson wrote:<br>>> Thanks Nando, I'll try that tonight. I didn't realize that the rt<br>>> version of the akmod package was in testing - that would explain why I<br>>> couldn't find it.<br>>><br>>> Also, one (hopefully) simple question. Since I'm running in 64 bit mode,<br>>> the repository I used was<br>>><br>>><br>> http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/fedora/linux/planetccrma/14/x86_64/planetccrma-repo-1.1-2.fc14.ccrma.noarch.rpm<br>>><br>>> rather than<br>>><br>> http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/fedora/linux/planetccrma/14/i386/planetccrma-repo-1.1-2.fc14.ccrma.noarch.rpm<br>>><br>>> Was this a mistake?<br>><br>> Hmmm, as far as I can remember both will point to the correct<br>> architecture (as the architecture is not hardwired in the .repo files,<br>> it comes from yum itself.<br>><br>> -- Fernando<br>><br>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>>> *From: *"Fernando Lopez-Lezcano" <nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU><br>>> *To: *"Bob Wilkinson" <wilkinson.bob@comcast.net><br>>> *Cc: *planetccrma@ccrma.Stanford.EDU<br>>> *Sent: *Tuesday, October 25, 2011 12:55:31 PM<br>>> *Subject: *Re: [PlanetCCRMA] CCRMA Video Issue<br>>><br>>> On 10/25/2011 05:50 AM, Bob Wilkinson wrote:<br>>> > Everyone,<br>>> ><br>>> > I now am at a loss.<br>>> ><br>>> > I just bought a new video card for my PC, based on the NVidia GeForce<br>>> > GT520, and installed it. I wanted to use the Nouveau drivers, as they<br>>> > worked perfectly on my older PC that died. I installed FC14 64 bit LXDE<br>>> > spin, and updated to the latest version of everything, and the Nouveau<br>>> > driver did not recognize that I had two monitors attached. After playing<br>>> > with it for more hours than I would care to count, I gave up and tried<br>>> > the RPMFusion akmod nvidia drivers.<br>>> ><br>>> > Success! I got both screens working. They aren't as nice as the Nouveau<br>>> > method, but they work. I then installed the RT kernel, and that's where<br>>> > the trouble started. X simply wouldn't boot. Nothing - nada. I booted<br>>> > back into the production Fedora kernel, and removed the RT kernel. I<br>>> > then removed the akmod NVidia driver. I reinstalled the RT kernel, and X<br>>> > started - albeit with only one screen.<br>>><br>>> The rt kernel needs a patched version of the akmod package, the standard<br>>> one from rpmfusion will not build on rt patched kernels. An akmod<br>>> package is available from the planetccrma-testing repository. You also<br>>> have to make sure you have the kernel-*-devel package installed before<br>>> trying to reboot into the rt kernel, otherwise the akmod package will<br>>> not be able to build the corresponding rpm.<br>>><br>>> > Having done more and more searching, the Nouveau wiki states that I<br>>> > should be using the 3.1 kernel or newer for this video card, or backport<br>>> > the driver from that kernel. Any clue how to do this? Is it worth the<br>>> > work?<br>>><br>>> 3.1 was released _yesterday_ so it is unlikely to be available for<br>>> distros for a while :-) The only recent rt patch for the 3.x series is<br>>> for 3.0.7.<br>>><br>>> > Should I just go to NVidia's site and pull their driver and<br>>> > install it?<br>>><br>>> That will not fix the problem with the rt patched kernels.<br>>><br>>> -- Fernando<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> PlanetCCRMA mailing list<br>>> PlanetCCRMA@ccrma.stanford.edu<br>>> http://ccrma-mail.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/planetccrma<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> PlanetCCRMA mailing list<br>> PlanetCCRMA@ccrma.stanford.edu<br>> http://ccrma-mail.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/planetccrma<br>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> PlanetCCRMA mailing list<br>> PlanetCCRMA@ccrma.stanford.edu<br>> http://ccrma-mail.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/planetccrma<br></div></body></html>