On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 18:54, Robert Moggach wrote: [snip] > As a note though. My NVIDIA drivers have stopped working. > > I originally did a custom compile using the .run file from nvidia.com. > These drivers don't work with the new kernel apparently... The NVIDIA 3D binary-only drivers you installed for your old kernel are only for that kernel. Every time you upgrade the kernel you have to re-install them. Always happens. > The X config prog. finds the video card and identifies it using the > included 'nv' driver That's the driver that comes with XFree86 -- without 3D hardware acceleration. > Are there any advantages to using the nvidia.com .run file or is the > built in nvidia driver up to date and optimized for somewhat recent > cards? Yes. The driver from nvidia allows you to run 3D OpenGL apps much much faster. However, it is closed source. You won't get any support from Redhat for problems with it. Lots of issues have been discussed on this list, however, so you should check the archives if you have time / are interested.
