[LUNI] Rockin' the Hat again

[Branko Kotur]

You can either download them directly from nVidia's website and install it 
manually (I think it's still provided as an RPM, but I haven't checked 
recently) or you can use YUM (http://www.fedorafaq.org/#nvidia).  

The only time I've had any problems with the nvidia driver was my own screw 
ups either with installing the driver or editing the X config file.  With 
ATI, it was always a battle for me to get things working, even under Windows 
using ATI's latest installer.  Althoguh, the latest Ubuntu and Fedora 7 
seemed to install/configure the ATI driver just fine with a default install 
of the distro on my laptop (with an ATI).  Which is surprising because it 
took me 2 days to get the Windows XP driver installed.  

On Monday 18 February 2008 12:37:20 pm Mike Scott wrote:
> I'm currently using the one the distro picked (the nv driver).
> How do I go about getting the closed source driver?
>
> - Mike Scott
>
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Re: [LUNI] Rockin' the Hat again
> > From: Branko Kotur <skie at dragonsvalley.com>
> > Date: Mon, February 18, 2008 10:55 am
> > To: Linux Users Of Northern Illinois - Technical Discussion
> > <luni at luni.org>
> >
> >
> > Are you using the free nvidia driver or the closed source driver?  I've
> > always had better luck with nvidia then with ATI, but I've always used
> > the closed source drivers.
> >
> > On Monday 18 February 2008 10:32:38 am Mike Scott wrote:
> > > The only snag I've hit so far is my video card (not really Fedora's
> > > fault, but rather mine).
> > > Apparently the 3D drivers for nVidia cards are not yet available (the
> > > Bible says they are still under development).
> > > This means I don't get to try out the desktop effects (like wobbly
> > > windows or the desktop cube) just yet.
> > > I should be able to try them on my laptop which has an ATI graphics
> > > chipset.
> > > Had I known, I probably would have opted for the ATI card.  Anyone have
> > > any ideas on availability?
> > > Should I bug the nVidia folks?
> > >
> > > - Mike Scott
> > >
> > > > -------- Original Message --------
> > > > Subject: Re: [LUNI] Rockin' the Hat again
> > > > From: "Thomas Cameron (Red Hat)" <tcameron at redhat.com>
> > > > Date: Sun, February 17, 2008 11:27 pm
> > > > To: Linux Users Of Northern Illinois - Technical Discussion
> > > > <luni at luni.org>
> > > >
> > > > I've actually been pretty impressed with Fedora 8 as well.  For
> > > > obvious reasons, I have been using RHEL 5 on all my machines at home
> > > > and at work since I work with it, but DAMN, Fedora 8 is just sweet.
> > > >
> > > > The new compiz-fusion stuff is hella cool.  I posted an ogg video of
> > > > my desktop at http://www.camerontech.com/compiz-fusion-dual-head.ogg
> > > > just for giggles.  I had to make it small so the quality is not too
> > > > great, but it's still pretty neat.
> > > > - --
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