F10 and nVidia ==> Big Problems

[Charles Landau (clandau)]

I succeeded in getting graphics to work on my Gateway DX4720-03 by installing the proprietary nVidia driver, following the instructions at
http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration [1]
and then
http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia [2]
(specifically: yum install kmod-nvidia)

RPM Fusion does not have the very latest nVidia driver (available at http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html [3]), but the one they have works for the nVidia GeForce 7100. 

For the record, the Gateway DX4720-03 also needs the kernel option "noapic" in order to boot. 

The next time I buy a PC I'll steer away from nVidia hardware because there does not seem to be any open-source driver for it. Hardware that requires a proprietary driver is invidious.


Links:
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[1] http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration
[2] http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia
[3] http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html


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