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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=067334501-28112007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Hi</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=067334501-28112007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>We have been doing a bit of research, and found
that</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=067334501-28112007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>If you install the Hobbit RPM, and do not run Hobbit, the
NVIDIA driver will install OK.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=067334501-28112007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>However, if you have run Hobbit at any point, the NVIDIA
driver install fails, even if you shut hobbit down.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=067334501-28112007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=067334501-28112007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>We then tried a new machine, installed hobbit, and ran
hobbit.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=067334501-28112007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>We then disabled hobbit, so it would not run, and rebooted
the machine.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=067334501-28112007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The NVIDIA install failed again, as
below.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=067334501-28112007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>(Log attached)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=067334501-28112007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=067334501-28112007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=067334501-28112007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2> Vernon</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=067334501-28112007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Everett, Vernon
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 28 November 2007 9:59 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
'hobbit@hswn.dk'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Hobbits are good sneaks<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=963022800-28112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
all</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=963022800-28112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=963022800-28112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>OK,
this is the strangest thing I have ever seen.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=963022800-28112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=963022800-28112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>We are
running Red Hat EL3</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=963022800-28112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>A few
weeks back, we compiled hobbit into a rpm, and installed the client on this
machine.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=963022800-28112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=963022800-28112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Now we
are trying to update the video driver, and we get this.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=963022800-28112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=963022800-28112007><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff
size=2># sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-169.04-pkg2.run -ans</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>Verifying archive
integrity... OK</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>Uncompressing NVIDIA
Accelerated Graphics Driver for Linux-x86_64
169.04...........................................................................................................................................</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>ERROR: Unable to create <FONT
color=#ff0000>'/usr/lib/hobbit/client/tmp/</FONT>selfgz8167/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-169.04-pkg2/usr/lib32/libnvidia-cfg.so.169.04'
for copying (No such file</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>or directory)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>WARNING: Unable to restore
file <FONT
color=#ff0000>'/usr/lib/hobbit/client/tmp</FONT>/selfgz8167/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-169.04-pkg2/usr/lib32/libnvidia-cfg.so.169.04'.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" color=#0000ff size=2>WARNING: Unable to perform
the runtime configuration check for library 'libcuda.so.1'
('/usr/lib64/libcuda.so.169.04'); assuming successful installation.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=963022800-28112007>If we
remove the hobbit RPM and rename the /usr/lib/hobbit directory to something
else, it works.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=963022800-28112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Has
anybody seen anything like this before?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=963022800-28112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=963022800-28112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=963022800-28112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> Vernon</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><pre>
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