F15 update: no more nvidia

[jonetsu]

On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:38:56 -0700,
Pete Travis <lists at petetravis.com> wrote :

> yum install akmod-nvidia
> 
> The akmod will build the module locally when there is disparity
> between the kmod and kernel versions.  You can install them both and
> not think about it again.

Super!  This works very nicely.  Installed it, then rebooted and now
back to high resolution.

Also, this is a principle I'm not too familiar with, this capacity for
certain drivers to rebuild themselves when needed.  I think VmWare also
uses that (at last ! ;-).  ... If what's at work here with
akmod-nvidia is that.

Within Fedora, are there any other drivers that works int he same
way ? Could be useful to know.

> Do NOT install the NVIDIA...RUN blob.  We have sane repos and
> competent package management, there is no reason to abandon them
> because rpmfusion is a day or two behind the kernel.  This method is
> not sustainable, irrevocably changes system files that it shouldn't,
> and is not supportable here.

I also prefer to stick with the dedicated repositories.

Thanks.