Nvidia sucks, sucks, sucks !

[Temlakos]

Kim Lux wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 17:26 +0000, Scott van Looy wrote:
> 
> 
>>Uhm. Why don't you just:
>>rpm -Uvh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-6.rpm
>>yum install fedorakmod
>>yum install kmod-nvidia
>>
>>Or is that a silly question?
> 
> 
> Silly, me, for not knowing that off the top of my head this morning when
> I couldn't google it.
> 
> I already have livna installed as a repository. And, btw, if you read my
> post, you will see that I did "yum kmod-nvidia".  First of all, that
> FAILED for kernel 2798.  Secondly, livna doesn't have a module built for
> 2835, just like they didn't have a <working> module for 2798 when I
> updated to fc6 !  Its not like I didn't try them, twice now !

I made a hard-and-fast rule, when I started depending on kernel-module 
packages for either ATI-fglrx (which I probably still haven't used to 
its full advantage) or madwifi. That rule is:

Never, repeat never, update a kernel unless and until someone has built 
and published versions of /all/ modular drivers that will work with the 
new kernel.

Another rule I follow is to keep /three/ versions of the kernel in 
place: the current one, and the last two known good. And if a new kernel 
blows up, I revert to the one I was using and wait for the next cycle.

> And is this the sort of stuff we expect joe average computer user to do,
> because after all, Linux is ready for the <average> desktop !   So when
> my mom, who doesn't even know what a command line is, boots and X
> doesn't start, what do I do with her ?
> 

You manage her machine for her, with a much less frequent update and 
upgrade cycle.

Windows might look nice, but on the day it lets a virus, worm, or trojan 
in, it won't look so friendly anymore.

Temlakos