[elrepo] nvidia-x11-drv and GLVND

[Phil Perry]

On 24/08/16 00:10, Akemi Yagi wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 2:09 PM, Phil Perry <phil at elrepo.org> wrote:
>
>> For now I've built a GLNVD enabled package set and uploaded them to their
>> respective testing repositories. Packages are syncing to the mirrors. For
>> example:
>>
>> nvidia-x11-drv-367.35-1.glvnd.el5.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
>> nvidia-x11-drv-367.35-1.glvnd.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
>> nvidia-x11-drv-367.35-1.glvnd.el7.elrepo.x86_64.rpm
>>
>> As can be seen above, I've added .glvnd in the release string, which makes
>> these packages a 'newer' version to yum/rpm.
>>
>> Thus, to test simply enable the testing repo and update:
>>
>> yum --enablerepo=elrepo-testing update nvidia-x11-drv\*
>>
>> and yum should pull in the updated GLNVD package(s). Then restart Xorg and
>> test.
>>
>> I've only tested using glxgears. Works as expected for me.
>>
>> If anyone is able to test these builds, please report which distro/arch and
>> what OpenGL apps you've tested with. Assuming there are no major issues, we
>> could consider switching to GLNVD enabled packages for the next major
>> Long-Lived release.
>
> Just did a quick test on an EL6 system. So far, no issues.
>
> System: Scientific Linux 6.8, kernel 2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.x86_64
> OpenGL app used: pymol
>
> Akemi

Many thanks Akemi.