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

[Karl Larsen]

Richard Shaw wrote:
> 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
>
    After I found the bash file on the Nvidia web page I have zero 
problems with Nvidia. On F8 I just ran it once and it is fine.



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