3D Support for NVIDIA
Sudheer Satyanarayana
sudheer.s at binaryvibes.co.in
Mon Dec 17 11:49:41 UTC 2007
Angel wrote:
> For your kind information,I already got the link,thats really
> helpful.I think u miss some list.
>
I am glad you got the helpful links. How about you building the list
that we all miss? I am sure it will help many people in similar situation.
>
> Sudheer Satyanarayana wrote:
>> 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
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