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[Patrick Shanahan <paka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* George Olson <grglsn765@xxxxxxxxx> [05-05-12 10:37]:
> On 05/05/2012 07:46 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> > You don't need "kernel-source" but you do need kernel-devel and the
> > development version of the particular kernel you are running, ie:
> > kernel-desktop
> > kernel-desktop-devel
> > kernel-devel
>
> Here are all my kernel rpms that are installed:
> georgeasus@linux-aw90:~> rpm -qa | grep kernel

> kernel-desktop-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1.x86_64

*must* match the kernel you use, ie 3.1.9-1.4.1.x86_64

> kernel-desktop-3.1.9-1.4.1.x86_64

> kernel-source-3.1.10-1.9.1.noarch

*must* match the kernel you use, ie 3.1.9-1.4.1.x86_64

> kernel-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1.noarch
> kernel-syms-3.1.10-1.9.1.x86_64
> kernel-xen-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1.x86_64
> kernel-default-devel-3.1.10-1.9.1.x86_64
>
> I see here that kernel-desktop, which is my active kernel, is different from
> kernel-desktop-devel and kernel-devel. Is that a problem, or is it supposed
> to be like that?

It *is* a problem.

I would dl kernel-desktop-3.1.10-1.9.1
reboot to runlevel 3 to use the new 3.1.10 kernel
install the nvidia driver, as root
  sh /<path-to>/Desired-Nvidia-.run
switch to runlevel 5

  
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