FC6 and NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9626

Denis Leroy denis at poolshark.org
Wed Oct 25 16:50:46 UTC 2006


Kim Lux wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-10-25 at 08:42 -0700, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>> On 10/25/06, Kim Lux <lux at diesel-research.com> wrote:
>>> This was a very, very frustrating issue to sort out !  I wasted many
>>> hours working on this last night !
>> Its been documented on nvnews (the location documented in the driver
>> README to seek assistance) for several weeks now.
> 
> One shouldn't have to go looking for information on how to fix "issues"
> with installing a video card driver !  Imagine if we had to do that for
> every piece of hardware on a PC !
> 
> BTW: Here is a good post on this topic.
> http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=99285&page=1&pp=15
> 
> 
>>> I HATE  HATE HATE NVIDIA.
>> Why?
> 
> Because they use these stupid proprietary drivers and every time I
> update my kernel I have to screw around building drivers for the nvidia
> cards.  Total waste of my time.  Totally unnecessary !

Well you could also wait a few days for the dust to settle, then udpate 
  to FC-6 and use the drivers provided by the friendly Livna people...




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