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Re: xrandr is driving me batty
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Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]>
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Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:24:37 -0800
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On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Ken Teh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I don't have any problems using proprietary drivers.  Problem is that they
> stop working every time there is a kernel upgrade. At least this is my
> experience and I have to rebuild them again.  For a few machines, this is
> not a problem.  But when you have to do this for 50 machines...

This is exactly why you want to use ELRepo's kmod package.

You can set up ELRepo by:

yum install elrepo-release

and then read the detailed info here:

http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-nvidia

To understand why ELRepo's kmods do not need reinstallation for each
kernel update, see:

http://elrepo.org/tiki/FAQ

Akemi

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