Nvidia repository problem for 11.1 from 11.0 migration

OK, I tried to use the “sticky” with this problem, and it got me really close. Here goes…

Hardware:
quadcore AMD on Asus M3n78 Pro using two drives with software mirror

I have 11.0 installed. I also installed the Nvidia repository on the 11.0 system. I am trying to install 11.1

The error message is:
x11-video-nvidiaG01-173.14.12-0.1.x86_64 requires nvidia-gfx-kmp, but this requirement cannot be provided

The sticky indicates (I think) that I need to go to
ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.1/x86_64/

There are several files there with KMP in the name. Which file do I load? Or is there some way just to put this whole directory on a CDROM and make it an installation repository.

I have never done an installation which required an “external” repository, so if there is a link on how to do this, that would be appreciated.

TIA.

There’s a kernel update concept, which is used for these modules.

The idea is to reduce need to produce new rpm versions, when security and bug fixes go into the kernel, the “interface” with kernel usually doesn’t change. If it does, they have a way of detecting it, and seeing need to build & issue new rpms.

In the old days, you could get an Nvidia kernel source module, and then a binary blob module which was linked against that.

The kmp modules look like the eqivalents to me, but I’d take a look at the Linux driver page, and see what they say.

The directory is not a repository, it’s somewhere you can download the appropriate rpm’s from and then install them.

Obviously you removed the 11.0 nvidia drivers and repo

add the 11.1 repo

remember
kernel-source
make
gcc

then install new nvidia