[elrepo] Nvidia 340.xx driver question

[Phil Perry]

On 08/01/15 22:29, Fred Smith wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 08, 2015 at 01:40:29PM -0800, Akemi Yagi wrote:
>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 1:12 PM, Fred Smith
>> <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:
>>> Hi all!
>>>
>>> I'm trying to switch out my nvidia card for a newer (but not NEW) one,
>>> but one which Nvidia says requires the same driver (so it's not a bleeding
>>> edge update).
>>>
>>> THE POINT:
>>> So, I'm wondering if I need to do something to force the nvidia driver
>>> to be rebuilt, since the "new" card is a different chipset? And if so,
>>> how? I'm guessing I could boot to single-user mode and do:
>>>
>>> yum erase kmod-nvidia nvidia-x11-drv.x86_64 nvidia-x11-drv-32bit.x86_64
>>> yum --enablerepo=elrepo-testing install kmod-nvidia-340xx  nvidia-x11-drv.x86_64 nvidia-x11-drv-32bit.x86_64
>>
>> Please install nvidia-detect from ELRepo and run it. It will identify
>> your Nvidia card and tell you which Nvidia driver (package) to use.
>>
>> Akemi
> 
> thanks Akemi.
> 
> but I don't have the "new" one installed right now 'cause it messes
> up the system.
> 
> And I was mistaken, anyway, having just rechecked the nvidia site,
> which shows 340.xx for the old, and 346.xx for the "new" cards.
> 
> so it looks as if I need to get the 346.xx from elrepo, remove the
> current 340.xx and install the 346.xx. 
> 
> but it looks like elrepo doesn't have the 346 driver. Is there going
> to be one there in the future? (I know, I need to run nvidia-detect,
> and for that I have to take apart the system again, which I'll do in
> a little while.)
> 
> Fred
> 

Hi Fred,

ELRepo only normally releases the Long Lived branch driver as shown here:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

Currently that is 340.xx, although I am expecting Nvidia to update that
soon. You will find those packages in the main repository.

At present we also have a 343.xx release (Sort Lived branch) in the
testing repository. I do not normally build the short lived drivers, but
did on this occasion as a special request for a user.

I wasn't even aware of the 346 series release, but I see the download on
the Nvidia ftp site. If your card is not supported by the 343.xx series
release then I would be prepared to consider building this driver for
you as a special request.

But first I will need to see the output from nvidia-detect, so please
install and run nvidia-detect from elrepo and paste the output here.

In terms of swapping the cards, I would do the following:

1. Uninstall your current nvidia drivers and go back to the standard
distro drivers, and reboot to check its working.

2. Update the graphics card to your new one and reboot - it should still
be working.

3. Run nvidia-detect with the new card in place and show us the output.
We can then advise you the correct nvidia driver for your new card, and
build that driver for you should it not currently exist in our repository.

4. Install the correct nvidia drivers for your new card and reboot.

Thanks,

Phil