On Thu, 2008-12-25 at 14:04 -0500, Jim wrote: > Thomas Cameron wrote: > > Alain Roger wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> where can i find the newest drivers for nVidia graphic card for F10 ? > >> thx. > >> > >> -- > >> Alain > >> ----------------------------------------------------------- > >> Windows XP x64 SP2 / Fedora 10 KDE 4.2 > >> PostgreSQL 8.3.5 / MS SQL server 2005 > >> Apache 2.2.10 > >> PHP 5.2.6 > >> C# 2005-2008 > >> > > > > I don't particularly like using packaged NVidia stuff - too much of a > > pain waiting for the packagers to catch up with the latest kernel. The akmod-nvidia packages at rpmfusion includes logic to rebuild the drivers automatically when a new kernel is booted. Quite sweet, really, and none of the hassles associated with nVidia's packaging. > > > > I just grab the right driver from > > http://www.nvidia.com/page/support.html. Once it's downloaded, just > > run this as root: > > > > sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-177.82-pkg2.run -s -X > > > > Change NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-177.82-pkg2.run to the package you download. > > > > That will do a quiet install and set up your xorg.conf appropriately. > > > > If you want to use packaged versions, you can use the rpmforge repo at > > http://rpmfusion.org. There are good docs there as to how to use the > > repo. > > > How do you find drivers on Nvidia.com for older cards, like a GeForce FX > Go5200 NV34M Look for the akmod-nvidia-96xx or akmod-nvida-173xx packages at rpmfusion. Note that these are no longer supported by nVidia, but they are kept current for new kernels by the rpmfusion gang. -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
