there are two options:
- Use Fedora's driver (is it still called nouveau?)
- Use rpmfusion's package with the original nvidia driver.
The first option *never* worked for me. I'm using a very old graphic adapter, though (Geforce FX5200). Fedora's driver make it to start the Gnome environment, but most widgets of the Desktop are totally distorted and are not readable. The performance is also a mess. This driver makes my computer as slow as a computer from 1995 (possibly because there's no hardware support for basic 2D operations!?)
With nvidia's driver everything works find. Unfortunately nvidia's driver is no longer available, as the FX5200 requires a legacy driver (173.xx) which is no longer provided by rpmfusion. However rpmfusion's wishlist already has an entry related with that: http://rpmfusion.org/Wishlist
If you have a current nvidia adapter the rpmfusion solution should work properly.
greets
Boris
01/12/11 22:12:32, Adrian Sevcenco <Adrian.Sevcenco@xxxxxxx>:
Hi! what is that compatibility status of nvidia drivers in fedora 16?
Is it safe to install, update and use nvidia drivers of rpmfusion?
Thanks!
Adrian
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