Nvdia module

[Walter Garcia-Fontes]

* Claude Jones [06/03/07 16:38]:
> The danger you cite has never manifested for me. If the module fails to build, 
> generally, the system just boots using the Linux nv driver - I've never 
> experienced the event you describe.
> 

I have limited experience, but a very bad one. When I tried to install
the dell provided rpm I was left with messages at boot up that the
nvdia module was missing and couldn't do much still I found the livna
driver. 

> Regarding your question, it seems like even should that be possible, you would 
> end up doing more work than just putting up with a couple of days delay till 
> the new Livna modules are released - but, your concerns/needs may be 
> different than mine
> 

No problem with waiting, my concern is that this morning I had to reboot
and found out that the last kernel that yum had updated last night was
not able to use my previous nvidia module. So how should I proceed with the
updates? If I update the kernel in a couple of days will "yum"
download the nvdia driver automatically, or should I update it
simultaneously? I'm sort of confused as you see...

Another question. In Gnome if I go to System - Administration -
Display - Hardware - Video Card - Configure 

I see that the one that is chosen is:

nvidia - Vendor supplied driver for nvdia cards

while just above I can see:

nv - nvidia Riva 128, RIVA TNT, GeForce, Nforce and Quadro cards

My card is 
256Mb nVidia Quadro FX3500 Graphics Card

shouldn't then I be using the "nv" configuration instead of the
"nvidia" one?

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Walter Garcia-Fontes
Barcelona