<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Elton Woo wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid200310281606.46718.elwoo@videotron.ca"> <pre wrap="">On October 28, 2003 03:49 pm, Mike A. Harris , <"Mike A. Harris" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mharris@redhat.com"><mharris@redhat.com></a>> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">We are not going to make ugly hacks for software installed outside of rpm context. It defeats the entire purpose of rpm in the first place, and opens the door for 10000 other software companies out there to request and expect special treatment and hacks for their software too. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">I see your point, and I agree with you totally. FYI, the nVidia drivers are no longer installed via rpm, but an "all-platform" *.run script. ... I guess I'll have to live with it until nVidia update their drivers to work with the newer kenels. No major heartbreak, but an annoyance nonetheless, to have to do those two steps, each time ... </pre> </blockquote> Huh? what do you mean "work with newer kernels"? Joe - happily running 3D accelerated nvidia on fedora! Joe </body> </html>