On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 8:01 PM, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 9:31 AM, Linuxguy123 <linuxguy123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> The solution was to tweak the xorg.conf file to what the rpmfusion >> people say is needed. That means ensuring that the following exists in >> the xorg.conf file: >> >> Section "Files" >> ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia" >> ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" >> EndSection >> >> I used the livna nvidia config application to generate my xorg.conf >> file. I maintain that this is still a bug because that tool should >> have generated a file that work, rather than one that needs tweaking. >> >> I don't think we can call Fedora/Linux a mainstream product until this >> sort of low level twiddling is removed from the experience. Save your >> breath if you are going to tell me that Fedora is not meant to be a >> mainstream product. >> >> You can read their response to this here: >> https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197 >> >> Thanks to those that pointed me to the rpmfusion bugzilla. > > Of course I can't speak to your own experiance, but I upgraded my > laptop which has a Quadro 570 in it and I did not have to mess with > the xorg.conf file at all. I'm using the akmod package from rpmfusion. > I"m also not suggesting that it's not an issue, just that it's not > universal. The RPMFusion package is broken if that hack is needed in xorg.conf. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman netllama@xxxxxxxxx LlamaLand https://netllama.linux-sxs.org -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
