> 01/12/11 22:12:32, Adrian Sevcenco <adrian.sevce...@cern.ch>: > >> Hi! what is that compatibility status of nvidia drivers in fedora 16? >> Is it safe to install, update and use nvidia drivers of rpmfusion? >> Thanks!
On 2 December 2011 11:27, Boris Glawe <pub...@boris-glawe.de> wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > there are two options: > - Use Fedora's driver (is it still called nouveau?) > - Use rpmfusion's package with the original nvidia driver. > > The first option *never* worked for me. I'm using a very old graphic > adapter, though (Geforce FX5200). Fedora's driver make it to start the Gnome > environment, but most widgets of the Desktop are totally distorted and are > not readable. The performance is also a mess. This driver makes my computer > as slow as a computer from 1995 (possibly because there's no hardware > support for basic 2D operations!?) > > With nvidia's driver everything works find. Unfortunately nvidia's driver is > no longer available, as the FX5200 requires a legacy driver (173.xx) which > is no longer provided by rpmfusion. However rpmfusion's wishlist already has > an entry related with that: http://rpmfusion.org/Wishlist > > If you have a current nvidia adapter the rpmfusion solution should work > properly. > nvidia is working for me after an upgrade F15 -> F16. I did have to do the dracut step again to create a new initrd and also force reinstall of the nvidia driver via yum to get the glx libs working correctly. -- imalone -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
