...but is nvidia any better?
James Kaufman
jmk at kaufman.eden-prairie.mn.us
Wed Nov 15 04:47:36 UTC 2006
On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 09:41:21PM -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-11-14 at 17:54 -0600, Chris Mohler wrote:
> > I use a GeForce 6800 (nvidia), and love it. I can't really compare
> > w/ATi, as most of those I've ever used were in (elder) macs, and
> > pretty old.
> >
> > I use nvidia's driver - unlike some other folks, I find it pretty easy
> > to install. I never had any trouble until I went from fc5->fc6. In
> > order to use the FC6 aiglx/compiz, I had to run the beta nvidia driver
> > for a while. The latest nvidia driver enables the fc6 compiz/desktop
> > effects
>
> Huh, I have installed the livna nvidia driver, can the effects be turned
> on from KDEor do I have to fire up gnome? Ric
>
You could try running this script:
#! /bin/sh
killall kwin &
LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 /usr/bin/compiz --replace --strict-binding
gconf &
sleep 2
/usr/bin/gnome-window-decorator
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