[elrepo] Failure to install kmod-nvidia on CentOS 7.4 (kernel symbol(?) requirements wrong)

[Akemi Yagi]

On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 10:05 AM Frank Thommen
<f.thommen at dkfz-heidelberg.de> wrote:
>
> On 14/10/18 18:53, Trevor Hemsley wrote:
> > On 14/10/18 17:45, Frank Thommen wrote:
> >> I'm currently trying to install kmod-nvidia from ELRepo on a CentOS
> >> 7.4 system (kernel 3.10.0-514.el7.x86_64).  The installation fails
> >> with lots of required kernel symbols or symbol addresses(?) not being
> >> correct.  E.g.:
> >
> > The *current* kmod-nvidia requires the *current* CentOS 7 kernel. You're
> > running 7.4 which is about 6 months behind current - currently 7.5 with
> > 7.6 probably imminent. You should be on 7.5 so your best solution is to
> > `yum update` to get to 7.5 then use the current kmod-nvidia. If you
> > cannot do that then the next best solution (and it's a very next best,
> > to be avoided if at all possible), is to work out what kmod-nvidia
> > package was the last for 7.4 and to install that specifically by full
> > package name-version number.
> >
> > Trevor
> >
>
> Unfortunately updating is no option for us.  We use special hardware
> where the drivers are only supported up to CentOS 7.4.  Normally the
> support for these devices lags one or two releases behind.
>
> I have tried all three kmod-nvidia versions available in the ELRepo
> repository and the installation doesn't work with any of these.
>
> frank

Well, if you are determined to install the version that works with EL
7.4, you can find it in our archives. For example:

http://mirrors.coreix.net/elrepo/archive/elrepo/el7/x86_64/RPMS/

Note the .el7_4 tag.

Akemi