Bug 187149 - nvidia-drivers ebuild should ewarn that after an upgrade, you must unload the kernel module by hand.
Bug#: 187149 Product:  Gentoo Linux Version: 2006.1 Platform: AMD64
OS/Version: Linux Status: RESOLVED Severity: enhancement Priority: P5
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: x11-drivers@gentoo.org Reported By: fmccor@gentoo.org
Component: Ebuilds
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Summary: nvidia-drivers ebuild should ewarn that after an upgrade, you must unload the kernel module by hand.
Keywords:  
Status Whiteboard: 
Opened: 2007-07-30 17:26 0000
Description:   Opened: 2007-07-30 17:26 0000 
I discovered the hard way that after the upgrade to nvidia-drivers-100.14.09,
in order for X to work, I had to
modprobe -r nvidia
by hand.  Now, since the emerge process did not mention this, I naively
expected the driver to take care of it (well, to be honest, I had forgotten
about the kernel module).

It would be helpful if among all the messages at the end of the install there
was one to the effect:
"Don't forget to unload any old, incompatible nvidia kernel modules before you
use this version"

to remind people like me who do not keep track of things very well.

------- Comment #1 From Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2008-01-23 20:10:14 0000 ------- 
*** Bug 207209 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

------- Comment #2 From Doug Goldstein 2008-02-15 16:13:35 0000 ------- 
added a note.