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|  | upgrade to 2.0 after nvidia-glx
« Thread Started on Feb 26, 2012, 2:41pm » | |
I used the Magix script to install nvidia-glx, nvidia-kernel-common, nvidia-kernel-dkms, and nvidia-vdpau-driver during the 1.6 installation. I'm afraid if I upgrade to 2.0 that the installation of a new kernel will break my system. Do I need to also nvidia-kernel-2.6.32-5-amd64 so that it will get upgraded along with everything else?
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| | Re: upgrade to 2.0 after nvidia-glx
« Reply #1 on Feb 26, 2012, 11:38pm » | |
Simply put, no.
The longer explanation is that Magix uses DKMS to build the needed out of tree items into all kernels that have the headers installed, essentially creating the same thing that is provided by that package. What will happen during upgrade is you will get the new kernel, new kernel headers, new nvidia bits and then dkms will rebuild the new nvidia bits into your new kernel 
P.S This is what SHOULD happen, but as with all upgrades there is always a chance of something going wrong, part of the reason I advocate doing a fresh installation for big releases like 2.0 will be.
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| | Re: upgrade to 2.0 after nvidia-glx
« Reply #2 on Feb 27, 2012, 12:34am » | |
Thanks for the explanation, Anthony. what you're saying then, is if nothing goes wrong, I already have everything I need for the kernel to be upgraded along with rest of my system.
I guess it won't hurt to try an upgrade first when the time comes, but I should have an installation cd handy in case it fails.
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| | Re: upgrade to 2.0 after nvidia-glx
« Reply #3 on Feb 27, 2012, 5:08am » | |
Feb 27, 2012, 12:34am, bootflag wrote:Thanks for the explanation, Anthony. what you're saying then, is if nothing goes wrong, I already have everything I need for the kernel to be upgraded along with rest of my system.
I guess it won't hurt to try an upgrade first when the time comes, but I should have an installation cd handy in case it fails. |
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Yes, and it would be a good idea, it always is no matter what distribution you happen to be upgrading.
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