nvidia on inspiron

[Marko Vojinovic]

On Fri, 09 Aug 2013 13:22:10 +0200
"Patrick Dupre" <pdupre at gmx.com> wrote:
> yum install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia works fine and install:
> xorg-x11-drv-nvidia                    i686    1:319.32-7.fc19
> kmod-nvidia-3.9.9-302.fc19.i686.PAE    i686    1:319.32-1.fc19
> xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs               i686    1:319.32-7.fc19
> 
> >  lspci | grep VGA
> 
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
> [AMD/ATI] RV515/M54 [Mobility Radeon X1400]

This is surreal! :-D

Ok, you should really do the following:

yum remove *-nvidia*
reboot

After that, go to 

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia

and read the very first paragraph of the article, nothing more. Just the
first paragraph. Or just the last two sentences of the first paragraph.
Or better yet, here, let me quote them to you:

<begin quote>
Nvidia and chief rival AMD Graphics Technologies (formerly ATI
Technologies) have dominated the high performance GPU market, pushing
other manufacturers to smaller, niche roles. Nvidia's primary GPU
product line labeled "GeForce" is in direct competition with AMD's
"Radeon" products.
<end quote>

The words "rival" and "competition" should suggest an important clue
here...

Moreover,

On Fri, 09 Aug 2013 10:20:11 +0200
"Patrick Dupre" <pdupre at gmx.com> wrote:
> I reinstall a fedora 19 and I am experiencing troubles with the
> graphics apparently.
> With the previous installation fedora 14. I had to install:
> xorg-x11-drv-nvidia
> nvidia-settings
> nvidia-xconfig
> xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs
> and run:
> nvidia-xconfig

I really really wonder how well that F14 installation worked, and who
gave you the advice to install those packages...

HTH, :-)
Marko