Problems with nv driver

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 11/9/06, Sjoerd Mullender <sjoerd at acm.org> wrote:
> On 11/09/2006 04:26 PM, Chris Jones wrote:
> >> This works.  Thanks.  GoogleEarth is again usable (though not blazingly
> >> fast) with the nv driver.  I might also try this with the nVidia driver
> >> (since GLX was disabled because of the presence of Composite and
> >> GoogleEarth complained about the lack of GLX).
> >
> > If you seriously need GoogleEarth (or any 3D functionality) I strongly
> > recommend trying the nvidia driver (but don't install the official one, I use
> > the livna rpms which have some additional nice features, such as being much
> > easier to remove, and you are also if you want able to have one kernel with
> > nv, another with nvidia).
>
> I have tried the nVidia driver (freshrpms version) and also various
> other versions using the freshrpms source rpm as a basis for my own rpm.
>  As I have explained in this thread, these drivers don't work for me for
> various reasons.  However, there is still something that I can (and
> will) try (using the 7184 version with the composite extension disabled).

And as I've stated on a few occasions, if the nvidia driver isn't
working, you should seek assistance on nvnews.net with a bug report.
Repeating over and over that they don't work with no information isn't
going to fix anything.


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