On Fri, 2005-21-01 at 12:10 -0700, Robin Laing wrote: > Steven Pasternak wrote: > > I use fedora 3 on an athlon xp and an nvidia geforce fx 5200. I go to install > > the Nvidia driver version 1.0-6629 and during the installation at the end it > > says that the license 'Nvidia' taints the kernel, but it still continues and > > seems to work. If I boot in runlevel 5, though, it gets to the part where it > > starts X (right at the beginning) and X doesn't start - It freezes. I > > uninstall the driver and use the 'nv' driver and it works. I have to compile > > the kernel module because it can't find one at the nvidia site. When I'm in > > runlevel 3 I can run the accelerated graphics until I shut down, then I have > > to boot runlevel 3 and recompile the module again. Any advise? > > -Steven > > > > I have fought the support battle for years. > > I was a big ATI supporter. I always purchased ATI since my first > computer and I had no problems until Xfree dropped support for my > Mach64 (full color). This was okay as the computer was old (P90) and > slow. Time for a new computer. > > Ordered a new computer with an ATI 9600 after finding drivers on ATI's > site. Get new computer, install ATI's drivers (what a hell hole and > mess) only to find that I cannot play Tux Racer or Enemy Territory. > No 3D. Search all the files I can find and in small type on ATI's > page, ATI supports Linux but not with 3D. Great. ATI never responded > to my customer requests. Lost money selling the card. > > Change card to nVidia and within 30 minutes, full support with 3D > working. This included driving home and installing the card. :) :) > > How hard is it to install nVidia's drivers. Run a shell script and > reboot. Almost as easy as running rpm. As I have a nForce based > motherboard, I have to do this for the network interface and sound as > well. It does require the second reboot though. > > I read an interview last week (on Cnet?) about nvidia's support for > Linux. If I remember correctly, they have about 400 people just > working on Linux issues. Any information that they can provide to the > Linux community they do. There are allot of issues with code provided > third parties that cannot be released. Their take is there are allot > of workstations that require 3D that use nVidia product and run Linux. > There will be more in the future. > > To support Linux and Windows, they have developed common code between > the two OS's to ease development. > > I now am very pro nVidia and anti ATI due to my personal experiences. > > I would support opensource cards/drivers that support Linux but they > must also have 3D and support the ability to play games. > > -- > Robin Laing I second that.
