nvidia blues

[Lonni J Friedman]

On Oct 30, 2007 7:37 AM, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
> Chris Jones wrote:
> > Karl Larsen wrote:
> >>    I had nvidia running fine on this computer using the kmod-nvidia
> >> files that come from fedora. Then I was told about better nvidia
> >> software from their web site. I got it and tried to install it on
> >> this computer. It did not install and it ruined the older nvidia.
> >
> > Not a good idea to do that.
> >
> > Note that the livna driver is *exactly* the same as the one you got
> > from the nvidia site, just repackaged as an rpm. There is nothing
> > "better" about it.
> >
> > Just my opinion, but I would always recommend the rpm based driver
> > over the standard nvidia installer any day. In my opinion it simply
> > interacts better with fedora systems (understandable, since the nvidia
> > installer has to work with any generic linux system,, whereas the
> > fedora rpm can be fine tuned to fedora).
> >
> > Jusrt a warning, but if carry on with the official nvidia installer,
> > you are going to have to rerun the installer by hand for each new
> > kernel you install. The livna Personally I would try and go back to
> > the livna rpm since then you can ue the yum kmod plugin that means you
> > will automatically get the the kmod for each new kernel installed for
> > you, each time. Plus, in my opinion the rpm installation acts more
> > sanly when things go wrong, falling back to the nv driver.
> >
> > Chris
> >
>     I can not disagree with you on most, but the quality of the color
> from the run package IS superior. I have lots of pictures and display
> stuff with VLC and the colors are better.

Only nvidia builds the actual driver, and any RPMs are still shipping
the exact same driver binary.  If you truly believe that you're
getting different runtime behavior, then you  have an amazing
imagination, and shouldn't be wasting your time here.