[NTLUG:Discuss] Firefox/Flash died on upgrade/install

[Chris Cox]

Kevin E. Ivey wrote:
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> 
> I haven't used (Open)SuSE in a while, but doesn't it use RPM or URPMI?
> 
> replacing the NVidia package with an older version _might_ work...

But there's that whole kernel match thing... which is why it (most likely)
will not.  There's just been too many kernel updates.

> 
> I use the NVidia native installer with the sh NVIDIAXXXX.bin script and
> it works almost every time.  I was forced to remove the awful DKMS
> kernel module system in order to make it work with the kernel sources.
> 
> And yes, every kernel update needs a new NVidia install...

Agreed.. need to at least expect to HAVE to do it every time.