Device Drivers in Fedora 18

[Bill Davidsen]

Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 05/18/2013 07:11 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>>
>> In other words try it first, as long as you have video (you might have
>> to try "basic mode") and network to install, you can get installed and
>> add drivers if and when you need them for full functionality. The
>> reasons for not using the vendor drivers are non-technical, they install
>> and work fine.
>
> I don't know about ATI, as I've never used it.  However, Fedora will start out
> using the nouveau driver for nVidia, which works fine as long as you don't need 3D.

Good that it works for you. I have installed on several laptops which need 
"nomodeset" to come up, and don't really work in a stable manner with the 
nouveau driver. Perhaps the desktop support is better, using different chipsets. 
Use what works, clearly.

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