Livna nVidia problems...

[Chris Jones]

> If you're not on a network, yum isn't going to help you either.  As
> for being technically savy, I'd argue that using yum requires alot
> more technical aptitude than just running
> "./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.11-pkg1.run" as root.

Sorry, but I have to disagree on this (again... ;) )

Anyone who is maintaining a linux system (and thus has root access) really 
needs to learn about yum in order to get system updates. I would not like to 
be a user on a system maintained by someone who doesn't have at least some 
basic understanding of the up date system (preferably they should no a lot 
about it, its not hard...). Seeing as they have to do this anyway I 
(personally) think it is much more convenient to add the nvidia driver to the 
same update system.

Really, using the livna rpm + the kmod yum plugin (the atrpm repo has similar 
driver and plugin rpms, so if you prefer you can use that one) is a 'set it 
up and forget it' solution. Once you have it up and running you can safely 
leave the system to update itself (if you want) and be happy that the nvidia 
driver will also also be updated each time it is needed. With the official 
installer root has to log in each time and run it by hand. No where near as 
convenient.

cheers Chris