[elrepo] brokenness of kmod-nvidia-96xx for EL6

[Phil Perry]

On 15/10/11 21:39, Riku Anttila wrote:
> I realise kmod-nvidia-96xx for el6 is in testing, and at least one
> poster has confirmed it does not work. I thought I'd post that it may be
> because, at least for me on Scientific Linux 6, modprobe nvidia dies with:
>
> FATAL: Error inserting nvidia
> (/lib/modules/2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.i686/weak-updates/nvidia-96xx/nvidia.ko):
> Accessing a corrupted shared library
>
> This is logged simultaneously:
>
> Verify ELF error [sec 33 note 12] (assertion 286)
> Module failed ELF checks
>
> I confess I have no idea what's going on. For some reason, it doesn't
> seem to like the module file? It might even be possible to reproduce
> this without the actual hardware.
>

Thanks for the feedback - much appreciated.

Any chance you have/could try the equivalent version nvidia installer 
and see if the nvidia binary drivers work for you. At least that would 
determine if the original drivers are broken on el6 or if it's something 
we broke in our packaging.

Thanks.