RE: livna vs. nvidia
Ok... this was a scary article...
It does lead to another question though. I do have the drivers from the
vendor installed. Do I need to uninstall them before I install the livna
version? If so, how?
-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-list-bounces(a)redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Paul Howarth
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:23 AM
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: Re: livna vs. nvidia
Lonni J Friedman top-posted:
There is no difference between livna and the official NVIDIA driver
package. The only difference is that one is an RPM, and the other is
not.
On 4/19/06, Paul Lemmons <Paul.Lemmons(a)tmcaz.com> wrote:
> I have read the "Why use livna" page for the Nvidia drivers. It tells
me
> that maintenance is easier. That is cool but it does not really
tell
me
> what the difference is. I am currently running the drivers as
> distributed by Nvidia and am about to upgrade my kernel. So, I am
> considering switching to the livna drivers. Before I do that, though,
I
> would like to know what I am doing.
>
> What is the difference between the two? Is the livna just a repackage
of
> the same software I get from Nvidia or is it something different?
Actually there is a very important difference. The livna package won't
clobber your system libraries.
http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-devel-list/2006-February/msg01178.htm
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Paul.
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