Example of get nVidia
Robert P. J. Day
rpjday at crashcourse.ca
Tue Jan 22 07:50:38 UTC 2008
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Tim wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 09:24 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
> > To get the livna repo files in an rpm, you need to go to the livna
> > web page. Do this by putting livna into google. When there click on
> > the rectangle with your version of Fedora. A window will open up and
> > when you have the rpm downloaded you can leave the web page.
>
> Not that expect the right response, but you should change that to saying
> that Livna is *one* place you can install them from. There are
> alternatives, people don't have to do it this way.
>
> This is where recipes fall apart. They're either too single-minded, and
> lock out other options, or become complicated if/then/elses.
>
> > In a root terminal type yum install kmod-nvidia. You should get 4
> > rpm packages. When they are installed reboot your computer and it will
> > come up with the full features of nVidia video.
>
> Simply doing "yum install kmod-nvidia" will only work if you have
> one of the NVidia card supported by that package. If you have an
> older one, you'll have to work out which alternative package you'll
> need. That may involve reading from the nvidia website, really
> checking your hardware, and a lot of head scratching.
in my travels, i ran across this wiki:
http://www.lindox.info/wiki/Main_Page
with a fedora-specific page:
http://www.lindox.info/wiki/Category:Fedora
and a further page describing a utility i'd never heard of:
http://www.lindox.info/wiki/Livna-config-display
the actual prose is a bit awkward and confusing in places ("... you
must start by installing the Livna repository."), but the information
might be useful.
rday
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