Fedora Workstation 31
I was doing a dnf upgrade (which I aborted), when I got the message:
Removing dependent packages:
kmod-nvidia-5.4.18-200.fc31.x86_64 x86_64 3:440.59-1.fc31 @@commandline 30 M
I assume this package is dependent on kernel 5.4 and the dnf upgrade includes kernel 5.5.
So, I did
[simon@hedgehog ~]$ dnf list kmod-nvidia*
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:10 ago on Sat 22 Feb 2020 08:51:05 GMT.
Installed Packages
kmod-nvidia-5.4.18-200.fc31.x86_64.x86_64 3:440.59-1.fc31 @@commandline
kmod-nvidia-5.4.19-200.fc31.x86_64.x86_64 3:440.59-1.fc31 @@commandline
kmod-nvidia-5.4.20-200.fc31.x86_64.x86_64 3:440.59-1.fc31 @@commandline
Available Packages
kmod-nvidia.x86_64 3:440.59-1.fc31
rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
Now, the kmod-nvidia package says that it is a meta-package to ensure the nvidia module(s)
for the newest kernel.
So, my questions are:
1. Should I remove the installed nvidia packages and replace them with the meta-package?
2. Does the 'dnf list' imply that the nvidia packages for kernel 5.5 are not
ready yet?
3. I don't want to upgrade the kernel until the nvidia package is available.
What's the best way to monitor that?
Thanks,
Simon