[elrepo] xorg abi change in 6.4 - DOESN'T break current elrepo nvidia drivers

Phil Perry phil at elrepo.org
Wed Feb 27 11:45:59 EST 2013


On 27/02/13 16:40, Pat Riehecky wrote:
> On 02/27/2013 09:19 AM, Pat Riehecky wrote:
>> This is more informational than anything else, but the new xorg server
>> in 6.4 has updated the driver ABI (sigh).  Thankfully the new package
>> provides 'xserver-abi(videodrv-13)'.  The 310.32-1.el6.elrepo kmod
>> seems to modprobe just fine.
>>
>> Unfortunately, the existing elrepo nvidia drivers wont work with this
>> new ABI.
>>
>> This may also break the ATI driver.
>>
>> I've reported the bug in mantis, so I've no doubt our elrepo admins
>> are on the case!
>>
>
>
> Never mind, the error was a 'Red' herring
>
>
> Thanks to the folks at Elrepo (pperry and torcat) for their prompt work
> in locating the problem and their quick testing!
>
>
> Pat
>

No worries Pat - glad we got the issue resolved quickly.

Regards,

Phil



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