Re: Unersolved issues with FC6?

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Chris:

Thanks for the pointer to the nvidia drivers.  They work like a 
charm.  My vertical line problem is gone and the enhancements work 
too.  All I had to do was download the kmod-nvidia package and it all 
worked.

Thanks again,

knute...

>
>> 2) I can't enable "Desktop Effects".  Is some special hardware
>> required?
>
>Probably not that special hardware, but probably special drivers.
>
>If you have an  ATI or NVIDIA graphics card, you will need the properity 
>drivers. even then, not all work. See 
>
>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RenderingProject/aiglx
>
>for details.
>
>For inbuilt intel stuff  I gather the inbuilt driver handles 3D out the box, 
>but I don't have one so cannot be sure.
>
>If you do need to install the binary nivida or ati drivers, both are available 
>from livna
>
>http://rpm.livna.org/rlowiki/UsingLivna
>
>I use nvidia, and if you do also let me strongly recommend the livna route 
>instead of the "default" or "official" nvidia binary installer. It will save 
>you problems in the long run... (search this list for details).
>
>I have never used ATI but I gather there are also drivers.
>
>for nvidia, you can install the driver with
>
> > yun install kmod-nvidia
>
>or ati with (I think)
>
> > yum install kmod-fglrx
>
>for either you will need at minimum
>
>Section "Extensions"
>        Option "Composite" "Enable"
>EndSection
>
>in your xorg.conf file. Maybe something else, I'm not sure...
>
>If you have other problems, let us know :)
>
>Chris

-- 
Knute Johnson
Molon Labe...



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