cursed nvidia fedora my lack of knowledgeness

Robin Laing Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Tue Nov 8 15:03:54 UTC 2005


Gilboa Davara wrote:
> The problem with using RPMs, is that Livna doesn't necessarily follows
> the FC kernel team release schedule.
> If a new kernel is released, and Livna fails to update their package in
> a timely fashion, you're left with text-only machine.
> 
> Gilboa
> 
> On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 10:32 +0000, Paul F. Johnson wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>
>>>Just download the Linux driver from
>>>http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html.
>>>Once you have the NVIDIA_XXX.sh file, go down to init 3 (init 3 as root)
>>>and execute the script.
>>>After a couple of "yes", go back to init 5 (again as root). It should
>>>work.
>>
>>Personally, I'd use the ones from livna - you don't need to mess around
>>with dropping down to different init levels.
>>
>>TTFN
>>
>>Paul
>>-- 
>>"Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make
>>a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion" - L.
>>Ron Hubbard, an awful Sci-Fi author, WW2 fraud and founder of one of the
>>world's most evil and insidious cults, Scientology.
>>
> 
> 

I prefer the livna solution as well.d  I have used the nVidia source 
files in the past but this is easier.

I just don't install the new kernel until the new nVidia module is 
ready.  What is a few days?




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