F8 & Freshrpms nvidia-x11-drv-96xx problem

[Richard Shaw]

Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
> Richard Shaw wrote:
>> I just updated my FC6 server to F8 (replaced not upgraded) and 
>> installed the nvidia-x11-drv-96xx driver from Freshrpms which has 
>> always worked before and is working right now on my desktop. Both 
>> systems are running the 64bit version of Fedora. 
>
> Same problem with nvidia-x11-drv-96xx-1.0.9639-1.i386.rpm on my 32bit 
> system (antique GeForce2 MX/MX 400 card). I fetched the latest legacy 
> driver from nvidia.org (NVIDIA-Linux-x86-96.43.01-pkg1.run.bin) which 
> built and runs without any glitches.
> Klaus
>
I was going to do just that as a last resort. I really like the package 
from freshrpms because it uses dkms so it auto rebuilds the driver with 
kernel updates instead of hoping another repo has the driver ready the 
same time the kernel releases.

Thanks,
Richard