avoid nvidia?

[Allan Metts]

At 03:53 AM 12/4/2003, you wrote:

>First is nVidia cards with the "nv" driver:
>    These  install just fine, basic Fedora...
>    No special stuff -- it works.

Just to add my experience to the collective knowledge base, I'm only 
*mostly* working on my GeForce4-equipped laptop with stock Fedora (i.e., 
nothing special from nVidia):

--*-- RunLevel 3: no problems

--*-- RunLevel 5:  comes up fine, but screen is usually garbled after 
coming up from power-save.  Ctrl-Alt-F1, followed by Ctrl-Alt-F7, restores 
the screen.

--*-- No joy at all using an external CRT.  Anything graphical on my 
external monitor gets garbled -- no matter what I do.  Toggling the 
internal/external monitor key on my laptop typically garbles the laptop's 
own LCD panel as well.


>Second is nVidia cards with the "nvidia" accelerated driver. The
>instructions for the accelerated drivers are a bit more involved.

I'm looking forward to trying the drivers from nVidia -- hopefully these 
will resolve my troubles....

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