Preparing FC6 on ASUS A8N-VM CSM with nVidia chipset

[Ian Malone]

On 12/01/07, Lonni J Friedman <netllama at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/12/07, Marco Fioretti <mfioretti at mclink.it> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have been asked to upgrade with FC6 x86_64 a computer with an
> > ASUS A8N-VM CSM motherboard, with GeForce 6150 and nForce
> > 430 chips for on board video, Ethernet and SATA controller.
> >
> > If I understand correctly, I have to pass some special settings
> > and/or drivers from nVidia during, or immediately after
> > installation, in order to have full support for all the components
> > above.
>
> Where did you read this?  FC6 ships with everything needed.  If you
> need 3D accleration for graphics, then you'd need to install the
> nvidia X driver after installing the OS,  but beyond that, you
> shouldn't need to do anything special.
>

It may be worth disabling rhgb to avoid a disappearing mouse
pointer bug (which aflicts both nv and nvidia drivers) alternatively
adjust xorg.conf to use a software mouse pointer). I don't use
SATA or hardware RAID, so I don't know if there are any problems
with those.  I do use the ethernet controller with a n430 chipset,
but not on x86_64. As far as installing 32 bit FC6 goes it was
straightforward, but I haven't tried 64bit.

The nvidia driver is needed for dual head support, a 64bit
version can be found in the usual repos.

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imalone