2008/10/5 Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>: > On 10/04/2008 10:58 AM, Alex Makhlin wrote: >> >> Jerry Feldman wrote: >>> >>> The advantage to using livna is that they are included in RPM packages. >>> If you get them directly from Nvidia, when you get an updated kernel you >>> would have to reinstall the drivers. >>> IMHO: It is usually better to use RPM packages rather than tarballs >>> because of the database. But, there are always exceptions. >>> >> Thanks allot!! You really answered my question with this. I spent all day >> yesterday trying to install Nvidia's driver with no success. Now the driver >> is working great! > > I had been installing the drivers manually, until it dawned on me to check > Livna. I'm just getting used to Fedora having come over from SuSE. > > -- > Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx> > Boston Linux and Unix > PGP key id: 537C5846 > PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 > > So Suse / OpenSuse has no 3rd party repo's for things like nvidia, non-free ( e.g. MPEG, etc ) packages ? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
