nvidia blues

[Chris Jones]

Karl Larsen wrote:
>    I had nvidia running fine on this computer using the kmod-nvidia 
> files that come from fedora. Then I was told about better nvidia 
> software from their web site. I got it and tried to install it on this 
> computer. It did not install and it ruined the older nvidia.

Not a good idea to do that.

Note that the livna driver is *exactly* the same as the one you got from 
the nvidia site, just repackaged as an rpm. There is nothing "better" 
about it.

Just my opinion, but I would always recommend the rpm based driver over 
the standard nvidia installer any day. In my opinion it simply interacts 
better with fedora systems (understandable, since the nvidia installer 
has to work with any generic linux system,, whereas the fedora rpm can 
be fine tuned to fedora).

Jusrt a warning, but if carry on with the official nvidia installer, you 
are going to have to rerun the installer by hand for each new kernel you 
install. The livna Personally I would try and go back to the livna rpm 
since then you can ue the yum kmod plugin that means you will 
automatically get the the kmod for each new kernel installed for you, 
each time. Plus, in my opinion the rpm installation acts more sanly when 
things go wrong, falling back to the nv driver.

Chris