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[Raphael Gradenwitz <raphael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello André.


On Fr, 2010-08-06 at 23:18 +0200, André Bergner wrote:
> I'm trying to update my Nvidia drivers from the 195-version to the new
> 256-version with the janitor-script.
> The script was running fine up the point where it wants to install the
> nvidia-driver. download worked fine but then I get the error message
> 
> 
> mkdir: cannot create directory
> `/usr/share/sony-laptop/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-256.44.run/': File exists
> 
> 
> 
> The script is trying to create a directory with the same name as the
> file it just downloaded. I absoluty don't understand why this happens.
> I cannot locate the line in the script where it tries to crete that
> directory. I believe it happens somewhere in the function
> 
> create_nvsetupfile(). But this function is crazy, I do not understand
> at all what is happening there.
> 

No. It has nothing to do with that function.

> 
> The old driver files had the ending -pkg0 . I don't no if the script
> might be confused by that. 
> 

That was exactly the problem. Nvidia changed the naming convention for
the driver files since 256.25 as you can see here:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=2255561

I just did not have the time to change that earlier (you know, I do this
just for fun!) but now I did.
Simply rerun the janitor; it wil offer you to update itself.
I hope it works now, If not, please run the script in debug mode:

    sudo /usr/local/bin/sony-VGN-Zseries-janitor -vx

and send me the tracefile which will be referenced at the end of the
script 

> 
> Can anybody help me, please.
> I need my computer working very soon. I'm leaving for some conference
> in two days. need help urgenly.

I'm very sorry to be too late in this case.

Btw: I use the nvidia driver from distribution (simply install with the
janitor script after first completely removal of all nvidia drivers).

Since Lucid the driver is handled different (nvidia-current) and is
almost up to date so no more need to take the files from the nvidia
download server.

But since I am running maverick, i cannot exactly test how it work in
your case..

Regards,
Raphael
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Raphael Gradenwitz

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