Nvidia problems, need to roll back

CheatCat · 2012-01-03 20:48:02

I got some error when updating to the latest nvidia version about some failure to get supported display devices so I need to roll back to an older version. The problem however is that the old version use the old kernel and I have the 3.1 version. So I need to make some own package or whatever it is called and I have no idea how to do it. I will need a PKBUILD file to base the package on and I have no idea either where you find a relevant PKBUILD for nvidia either. Can someone please help me?

karol · 2012-01-03 21:03:44

You're really vague wrt what exactly went wrong. Can you post some error messages, logs etc.?
Have you tried searching http://arm.konnichi.com/search/ ? This mirror keeps the old versions of packages from the official repos.

Last edited by karol (2012-01-03 21:05:37)

Raynman · 2012-01-03 23:10:18

CheatCat wrote:

The problem however is that the old version use the old kernel and I have the 3.1 version.

So install the older kernel package as well? (There might be more dependency issues, of course.) And PKGBUILDs for official packages can be found in the ABS.

But why not try to fix the error you get with the latest nvidia version?

Mr.Elendig · 2012-01-04 16:05:32

No need to dowgrade the kernel. You can use abs to build any version of the nvidia(-utils) packages against your current kernel.

But I suspect that your problem can be fixed without downgrading anything. Please post your xorg log etc.

CheatCat · 2012-01-18 19:53:30

Downloading the 275 version from AUR solved my problem temporary, but now the kernel have been updated again so I cannot use the 275 version anymore. And the newest version of nvidia does not solve the problem. Here is the xorg log: http://pastebin.com/kkembEBG

There is a relevant post in the forums about that problem: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=130803

So I have to downgrade nvidia, I feel it was to noobish to ask how to do in that topic. And since it seem to depend on the kernel, it does not seem to be a easy way to downgrade.

Last edited by CheatCat (2012-01-18 19:58:01)

Gusar · 2012-01-18 20:08:54

CheatCat wrote:

Downloading the 275 version from AUR solved my problem temporary, but now the kernel have been updated again so I cannot use the 275 version anymore.

Sure you can, simply adjust the PKGBUILD (the "depends" and "makedepends" lines) and create a new package. It's really not that hard, and manipulating PKGBUILDs is useful knowledge if you plan to stick around with Arch.

CheatCat wrote:

And the newest version of nvidia does not solve the problem.

I think the newest beta fixes it. So that's another possibility. But the 275 version works too.

CheatCat · 2012-01-18 20:21:55

What about the checksums then? When I adjusted the PKGBUILD it complained about wrong md5 checksum. I was trying to use the ABS this time.

Gusar · 2012-01-18 20:27:31

Run "makepkg -g", this will calculate new checksums. Put them into the PKGBUILD, replacing the old ones.

CheatCat · 2012-01-18 20:57:00

Okey I have only console access to the computer with errors so I have no idea how to put the checksum.

jarav · 2012-01-18 21:32:41

Having the same problem here. Can't upgrade the kernel unless I take the route 'Gusar' suggests. Or, perhaps, I can ignore the kernel package upgrade until a new nvidia driver arrives.

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