3D Support for NVIDIA

[Sudheer Satyanarayana]

Angel wrote:
> Intel Pentium 4 (2.4 GHZ),1 GB DDR RAM,nVIDIA Geforce FX 5200 (128 
> MB),SAMSUNG SATA hard disk (128 GB),SAMSUNG DVD RW,SAMSUNG 17" Monitor.
> You wanna tell,Fedora can't support this?So I have to buy a new system?
> Funny.Very funny.
> :-$
>
Fedora or any other GNU/Linux distro cannot support your hardware out of 
the box. You will need to install proprietary NVIDIA drivers to get your 
video adapter working. If you want to know how, try searching for the 
step by steps instructions on Google, for one. Here's a sample link
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=install+nvidia+driver+on+fedora+8&btnG=Search&meta=

If you prefer to expect Fedora to work on the fly buy hardware that are 
free software friendly. You may also request your hardware vendor to 
provide exact specifications so that people can write free software 
drivers for it. Choose what you want.
>
>
> Sam Varshavchik wrote:
>> Yes, but…
>>
>> /me looks around
>>
>> Well, where are they? If this was so, he'd have his 3D up a long time 
>> ago.
>>
>> There are certainly here people who are willing to help. But the help 
>> he needs is the kind of help that's hard to get: the "help me find 
>> the magic button to push, that makes everything work" kind of help. 
>> Others already told him what he should do, but that wasn't good 
>> enough. Too much work, see? He just wants to push a button, or two, 
>> and get everything working.
>>
>> Now, there's nothing wrong with that. It's reasonable to expect 
>> things to work out of the box, but the sad truth of reality is that 
>> Linux is not there yet. You have to either do your homework and buy 
>> hardware that's supported by free software, or be prepared to invest 
>> time to get everything set up and working together, and be prepared 
>> for the possibility that your hardware is not supported at all. But 
>> if you don't pre-qualify your hardware, and it doesn't work, if you 
>> expect someone just to tell you where The Magic Button™ is, that 
>> makes everything working, well, you're in for a big disappointment.
>>
>> It wasn't so long ago that I was shopping for a webcam here. I asked 
>> here, and got a few references to hardware that works out of the box, 
>> with Linux. I didn't just waltz into Best Buy, bought the first $10 
>> webcam on the shelf, go home, plug it in, then threw a fit because it 
>> didn't work right then and there.
>>
>


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Thanks and regards,

Sudheer Satyanarayana
http://binaryvibes.co.in