On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Matt Morgan <minxmertzmomo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I just plugged an NVidia GT520 into my Fedora 17 machine and I have two > monitors working with the nouveau driver with zero effort on my part. Yay. > But videos are jumpy so I want to try the proprietary driver. > > I went to the How-to that's been recommended on this list, at > > http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia > > Where the first task is to figure out which driver to install. The options > are "GeForce 6 and Newer," "GeForce 5 (FX Series)," and "GeForce 2 through > GeForce 4." > > You're supposed to see what lspci says to figure out which you have, but my > lspci output is a little obtuse: > > [matt@matt ~]$ lspci | grep VGA > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 1040 (rev a1) > > Which one do I have? Most likely this is a relatively new piece of hardware, so you would select the "and Newer" category. -- Mauriat Miranda http://www.mjmwired.net/linux -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
