Nvidia driver

[TV Sivaraman]

Hi:
Did yum install both the kmod-nvidia drivers? One is nvidia GP dependent and
the other kernel dependent (look at
http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fedora/9/i386/). You may also have to
install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia and xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs from the livna
site.
Sivaraman.

On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Per Anton Rønning <pa-ronn at online.no>wrote:

> Starting a new thread for this question - please disregard  the same
> question in then Java plugin thread:
>
>> TV Sivaraman wrote:
>>
>>> Hi:
>>> I also experienced the same problem, so I switched over to SUN Java. I
>>> did this as per instructions given at
>>> http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f9.html#java. You may test
>>> the status of your browser with http://webapps.ou.edu/it/browser.
>>> Sivaraman.
>>>
>> My PC is only 2-3 weeks old in my possesion and this is my first encounter
> with Fedora 9.
> (Earlier I was running Fedora Core 5)
> The only screen resolution option I have now is 640x488, and I would like
> to change that.
> So I took a look at the ../resources/.. site, where I found instructions
> for downloading Nvidia-driver:
>
> $yum install kmod-nvidia , nvidia installation through Livna.
>
> Installation went OK , and I did reboot the PC as recommended,
> but no change, and the PC does not identify the LCD. It is "unknown" to it.
> It is configured as Vesa, which I guess is the best option when nothing
> else is known. But I saw a message flashing over the screen on bootup
> stating something about
> the Nvidia driver - it would not take effect until.... something I did not
> manage to read before it vanished.
> Does anyone know what I should be looking for? (I did demsg, but no trace
> of the message there)
>
>
> Brgds
> PAR
>
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