On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 14:26 -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 15:32 -0400, Ric Moore wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-08-10 at 15:52 +0930, Tim wrote: > > > On Sat, 2008-08-09 at 22:53 +0200, Bjørn Ivar Johnsen wrote: > > > > I just realized that I have to download a driver to nvidia card > > > > specially for Linux!!! > > > > > > Just FYI, that sort of thing *may* or may not be necessary. Fedora > > > already comes with a driver for many NVidia graphics chipsets, but you > > > may have a card that it won't work with, and you may need the closed > > > binary NVidia driver maintained by NVidia, themselves. Which, as far as > > > I thought, is maintained more often. > > > > nv is the weenie version. It sucks. It's there and serves some purpose, > > but the real deal is vastly better. > > > > > > > > There are some problems with using the NVidia driver, it's a closed > > > binary, and you're up a creek without a paddle if it interacts badly > > > with your system. I don't use it on two of my PCs, one because their > > > driver is worse (on that PC) than the one that came with Fedora, the > > > > I'm running an older 5200 card and the nVidia driver works a charm. > > ESPECIALLY if you intend to do 3D graphics. There is no problem if it > > works for you. If I could only use the Fedora supplied nV drivers, it > > would be better to put a hammer through the CRT and place burning coals > > in it for the view and Hotdog roasting, as far as functionality is > > concerned. > ---- > as far as I remember, the OP is trying to install Fedora 9 and I don't > believe that Nvidia has released legacy or 9600 drivers that will work > with F9's xorg I thought they had released that. Never mind. :) Ric -- ---------------------------------------------------- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar https://oar.dev.java.net/ Verizon Cell # 336-254-1339 ----------------------------------------------------- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
